Evoking collaboration and evidence-based impact across diseases

Vision

A future where lived experience coupled with evidence drives innovation, strengthens accountability, and delivers sustained public health support and social services.

Mission 

To leverage multi-sectoral partnerships and the lived expertise of people living with HIV to promote evidence-based advocacy, strengthen multi-disease integration, and ensure equitable access to prevention, treatment, and care across Africa and the Global South.

Background

HIV Survivors and Partners Network is a PLHIV-led organization with over 20 years of lived experience and technical expertise in HIV and multi-disease program design and implementation. The organization is based in South Africa and is active across Africa.  

Goals and Objectives

  1. To advance the agency of people with HIV in shaping policies, programs, and innovations that sustain HIV treatment gains and advance broader global health priorities, while advocating for equitable access to optimized health and diagnostics services.
  2. To strengthen integrated pediatric HIV care and triple elimination- ensuring every child survives and thrives.
  3. To drive co-creation of HIV cure agendas and mobilize multi-sectoral action for advocacy and implementation.
  4. To use an evidence-based approach, including U=U and broader literacy initiatives, to reduce stigma, increase demand for ART and viral load monitoring, and improve HIV treatment outcomes. 
  5. To promote the use of real-world evidence, implementation science, and community insights to enhance multi-disease, person-centered models of care across HIV and other STIs, NCDs, including cancers, and emerging public health threats.