On Friday 17 May, STRIVE together with LSHTM Director Peter Piot, held an event to present and reflect upon the findings from the research programme. The event was attended by high-level speakers from UNAIDS, Global Fund, the UK APPG on HIV and AIDS, WHO and more.
- Introductory presentation, STRIVE research co-dicrector Saidi Kapiga.
The first session focused on structural drivers and biomedical interventions:
- Overview of structural drivers and biomedical interventions, STRIVE research co-director Janet Seeley
- Alcohol and youth, Lebohang Letsela
- Violence against women and HIV, Tara Beattie
- The EMPOWER study, Sheila Harvey
- MAISHA, Saidi Kapiga
The second session focused on structural drivers and the sustainable development goals:
- Overview of structural drivers and the sustainable development goals, Charlotte Watts
- Samata, Ravi Prakash
- Samvedana Plus, Prakash Javalkar
- Transactional sex, Joyce Wamoyi and Kirsten Stoebenau
- Social norms, Ben Cislaghi
- Parivartan for Girls, Hemlata Verma
- Co-financing, Doug Webb
On Twitter, you can track some of the key moments from STRIVE's final dissemination events with the hashtag #hivdrivers.
“As the water level of HIV infections drops, the mountains will rise out. Those mountains are key populations”
Peter Godfrey-Faussett, UNAIDS
