This month marks the first anniversary of the formation of MOSAIC’s NextGen Squad. Today, we celebrate their first year as a team by highlighting just a few of their many accomplishments and sharing some of their reflections on the future of MOSAIC and HIV prevention.
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CONFERENCE REFLECTIONS: TWO CROI “ROOKIES” DRAW INSPIRATION FROM CROI AT 30
CROI is a forum for scientists and clinical investigators to present, discuss, and critique their investigations into the epidemiology and biology of human retroviruses and associated diseases, including HIV and AIDS. It was the 30th year of the conference, but our first time attending. In this post, we reflect on what we learned and how we might apply key takeaways to our work on MOSAIC.
Continue ReadingTHE GEN-N CAMPAIGN: YOUNG PEOPLE LEAD THE WAY TO AN HIV-FREE NIGERIA
Gen-N celebrates the brave choice to take action toward an HIV-negative generation. Everyone can be a Gen-N hero by supporting young people to access health services such as HIV testing and PrEP, celebrating youth-friendly health care workers, and listening to young people’s concerns without judgment.
Continue ReadingCHANGING THE DYNAMIC: HOW THE HIV PREVENTION AMBASSADOR TRAINING PACKAGE IS ENHANCING YOUTH ENGAGEMENT IN ZIMBABWE
The HIV Prevention Ambassador Training Package is designed to support the meaningful engagement of youth “Ambassadors” in helping adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) remain free from HIV. Recognizing young people as full partners in HIV prevention is a key step toward equalizing the response to the epidemic — today’s World AIDS Day theme and call to action.
Continue Reading“LIVE YOUR LIFE OUT LOUD”: CELEBRATING INTERNATIONAL DAY OF THE GIRL CHILD
Today is the 10th anniversary of International Day of the Girl Child, a time to celebrate girl changemakers and leaders, focus attention on issues that matter to girls, and amplify girls’ voices on the global stage. To mark the occasion, MOSAIC staff reflect on their own girlhood and give advice to their former selves.
Continue ReadingAIDS 2022 KEY TAKEAWAYS
For the MOSAIC project team, the AIDS 2022 conference set the stage for embracing the introduction of new biomedical HIV prevention products and generating evidence on how to support choice and effective use. We attended the conference virtually and took away three key messages that resonate with our work on MOSAIC.
Continue ReadingINTRODUCING MOSAIC’S NEXTGEN SQUAD
In this photo story, MOSAIC NextGen Squad representatives introduce themselves through their stories. They share their passions, what led them to work in HIV prevention, their thoughts on MOSAIC, and their hopes and dreams for the future.
Continue Reading“A PROJECT THAT REALLY WANTS TO KNOW US”: IMPLEMENTING A USER-CENTERED APPROACH TO PrEP PRODUCT INTRODUCTION
In the MOSAIC project, the end user—that is, the people who need and/or want to use biomedical HIV prevention (PrEP) products—is at the center of all that we do.
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