Organised by: 

PrEP in Black (USA), Africa Advocacy Foundation (UK),  JSI-USAID DISCOVER-Health Project (Zambia), Mutoko District Hospital (Zimbabwe) and HIV Survivors & Partners Network (South Africa)

OAKLAND, USA ON 5TH JULY 2020

Background: Black and Migrant communities in North America, Europe and Africa account for the vast majority of global populations living with and affected by HIV/AIDS. Despite a global push to drive biomedical prevention uptake, there has been substantial challenge faced in increasing awareness and utilization of such strategies amongst populations of African descent. Recent data across North America, Europe and Africa have demonstrated that an increase in PrEP awareness and uptake amongst men who have sex with men (MSM) may be associated with decreases in new HIV diagnoses. In direct contrast, similar successes have not been observed among Black and Migrant communities, and other populations most at risk for HIV, especially women.

There are many reasons for poor…