Remembering a Legacy and Celebrating AVAC Fellow Alumni ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌

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** Remembering a Legacy and Celebrating AVAC Fellow Alumni
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Dear Advocate,

For over a decade, the AVAC Advocacy Fellows Program ([link removed]) has played a role in shaping the landscape of HIV prevention by strengthening leadership skills and building a growing and evolving network of fierce and unstoppable advocates. Last year, AVAC released A Legacy of Impact: The power and reach of AVAC’s Advocacy Fellows ([link removed]) to tell the story of the Fellows program and to share testimonies of impact from research to policy, and beyond.

Today, on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, a day dedicated to the importance of advocacy to influence change, AVAC honors its nearly 100 Fellow alumni ([link removed]) and applauds our most recent class which closed out their fellowship in December.

Read on for testimonies from the AVAC 2022/2023 Fellows and explore their work in their individual pages.
AVAC 2022/2023 Fellows in their words

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Learn about Ruth’s work around the approval and rollout of the dual prevention pill (DPP) in Uganda here ([link removed]) .

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Learn about Onward’s work engaging religious institutions on adolescent sexual and reproductive health in Zimbabwe here ([link removed]) .

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Learn about Prince’s work ensuring access to injectable CAB for PrEP for trans people in Malawi here ([link removed]) .

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Learn about Catherine’s advocacy for the implementation of the dapivirine vaginal ring for adolescents and young women (AGYW) in Tanzania here ([link removed]) .

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Learn about Natasha’s advocacy for the approval of the dapivirine vaginal ring and injectable CAB for PrEP in Zambia here ([link removed]) .

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Learn about Peter’s work with differentiated service delivery of PrEP and expediting new PrEP tools in Lesotho here ([link removed]) .

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Learn about Elizabeth’s work advocating for sex workers and people who use drugs (PUD) in Uganda here ([link removed]) .

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Learn about Liyema’s work advocating for the decriminalization of sex work in South Africa here ([link removed]) .
Get to know the full AVAC Fellows community by exploring the full alumni database ([link removed]) and stay tuned to meet the 2024/2025 class to be announced in April!

Best,

AVAC
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