AIDS 2060 Ep03: The Next Generation of Leaders in the fight against HIV: Teenage Girls & Young Women

HIV prevention advocate Siviwe Gaika urges policymakers, governments, and donors to expand the HIV prevention “choice basket,” emphasizing long-acting injectable PrEP (cabotegravir) as WHO-recommended, safe, and highly effective, and calling for funding, youth-friendly delivery, streamlined national guidelines, and transparent accountability; she also acknowledges Glggobal Fund investment and South Africa’s commitment to long-acting innovation and local manufacturing. In the AIDS 2060 episode, host Ben interviews APHA executive director Yvette Raphael about why the world is not on track to end AIDS as a public health threat by 2030, the impact of shifting U.S. funding, and the need for country-led responses, health sovereignty, and dignity for key populations. Raphael centers feminist prevention advocacy, the Choice Manifesto, intergenerational leadership, better trial inclusion and post-trial access, and warns about misinformation on social media.

00:00 Youth Prevention Reality

00:55 Meet Yvette Raphael

02:21 Are We On Track

06:02 Funding Shockwaves

08:39 Self Reliance Now

12:04 Southern Led Response

15:55 Why Prevention Matters

20:41 Choice Manifesto Fight

23:15 Africa As A Market

25:51 Youth Boom Stakes

30:12 Let Youth Lead

31:49 Mentoring Future Leaders

33:01 Message to Our Future Selves

34:27 Pregnancy in Clinical Trials

38:25 Post Trial Access Rights

40:53 Why Youth Still Fear HIV

42:27 Social Media Misinformation

45:58 Health Sovereignty and Aid

50:31 Documenting Community Lessons

52:47 Pan African Collaboration

55:22 Let Young People Thrive

57:00 Closing Thanks and Next Steps

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