I am excited to attend this training via scholarship from the International AIDS Society.

This Person-Centered Care Advocacy Academy will take place over two and a half days in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, in April 2025. The purpose of the academy is to support its fellows – advocates, activists and (community) healthcare providers – to understand the principles of person-centered service delivery approaches for HIV, learn how to assess HIV service delivery gaps in their settings, and enhance their HIV-related advocacy skills. The inaugural Person-Centered Care Advocacy Academy held in November 2024 in Lusaka, Zambia, welcomed 19 fellows from 12 African countries for interactive capacity-building activities and site visits at local health facilities.

The academy in Atlanta will consist of a series of interactive sessions with a faculty of academics and advocates dedicated to expanding the evidence and implementation of person-centred care approaches in the southern United States for people living with and affected by HIV. This academy will be jointly organized by IAS – the International AIDS Society – in collaboration with the Southern AIDS Coalition and the Community Education Group, in partnership with Gilead Sciences.