HIV Education, Prevention, Care & Support
HIV education, prevention, care and support continues to be a key theme at the core of WHAI’s priority setting for future work.
About HIV Education, Prevention, Care & Support
HIV education, prevention, care and support continues to be a key theme at the core of WHAI’s priority setting for future work. All other areas of collaboration connect to this central theme.
Women and gender-diverse people identified a need for increased learning and access to HIV self-testing information, noting this as a less stigmatizing testing option. They also discussed resources related to HIV disclosure, especially within the context of criminalization; parenting, infant feeding and care support; and culturally thoughtful, inclusive, and supportive HIV models of care.
What is WHAI doing?
Moving the work forward WHAI is committed to strengthening women and gender-diverse people’s HIV education, prevention, care and support through actions such as:
- Facilitating community capacity building, knowledge exchange and resource development focussing on women and gender-diverse people's needs and experiences
- Cultivating spaces of sharing and learning amongst women and gender-diverse people living with HIV and community organizations
- Amplifying women and gender-diverse people's expertise to improve women’s HIV prevention, care and support
Community Voices
Our work is always informed by the lived experiences of women and gender-diverse people.
“I think education should never stop. I think it would be helpful to use peers from the community as facilitators. The women can relate to them a lot more than they relate to us. I think we should go into the communities and not wait for them to meet us at the office.”
“U=U completely changed how I think about HIV and wellness. Wish it was more widely taught in high schools and universities, [they] still have incorrect opinions about HIV. Campaigns like U=U are very important in educating people.”
