This activity will feature a diverse set of presentations about HIV cure. Music and discussions with researchers and advocates will be the core of this networking zone. Several community representatives will interact with researchers and ask those big HIV cure questions.

Zambart is a Zambian research organisation established in 2004 from a research collaboration between the School of Medicine at the University of Zambia and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) that spans over 20 years. From the initial studies of the impact of HIV on the clinical presentation and outcome of Tuberculosis, the scope and partnership of the research have expanded widely. Zambart has grown to become one of the leading research groups supporting healthcare advances in TB and HIV. Since 1989, Zambart has actively partnered with the Zambian government through direct collaboration in healthcare research. Zambart also works closely with other research organizations and academic institutions within Africa, and worldwide to help innovatively reduce the public-health burden caused by the dual epidemics in resource-limited communities in Zambia and beyond. The Yathu Yathu (For us, by us) study aims to provide such evidence. Through a cluster-randomised trial, this study will evaluate the impact of community-based, peer-led SRH services on knowledge of HIV status and coverage of key SRH services among AYP aged 15-24. The study will be conducted in two communities in Lusaka.The Yathu Yathu intervention is made up of 2 main components: 1.) Delivery of comprehensive SRH services by peer support workers, lay counsellors and a nurse at community-based places called hubs, and 2.) Innovative “prevention points card” (PPC) system.

At 25, Juan De La Mar experienced the pain and fear living each day as if it were his last. After hearing about his HIV+ diagnosis on the 17th May 2017, existential questions haunted his daily life. These questions led him to explore alternative therapeutic forms and dialogues with life and death. ‘De Gris a Positihivo’ is an act of bravery and involves returning back to Juan’s diary that he wrote three days after being diagnosed with HIV. This led him to disclose to his family and change his treatment. Two years later, Juan is still alive and is living life to the fullest. He created this documentary as an act of healing and to show the impact that love has when you live an experience synonymous with a death sentence.

Our interactive online booth will bring to life arts-based approaches to HIV prevention and support based on METRO Charity's work with Latin American and Eastern European communities living in London. Our booth will include interactive activities such as short film screenings, virtual-reality films, and creative games, as well as displaying examples of arts-based HIV prevention and support work, such as photography, theatre, video-clips, poetry, drawings and art work produced in HIV workshops with Latin American and Polish migrants living in London. The aim of the interactive booth will be to demonstrate how creative arts-based approaches can inform and empower migrant communities around HIV prevention and support. The booth will show how such approaches can make migrant communities stronger and more resilient and reduce HIV related stigma, and will inspire other attendees at the Global Village to explore arts-based HIV prevention and support approaches. An online forum will be set up to allow interested attendees to share ideas, suggestions and ask questions following the conference.

The Aurum Institute NPC has over 21 years' experience in leading the response, treatment and research efforts to eventually eradicate TB and HIV in South Africa. Aurum has been working alongside government entities and local communities to better understand global health challenges and to provide real time solutions. The POP INN Wellness Centres, launched in October 2019, offer free sexual health services to men who have sex with men and transgender women in Tembisa, Mbombela, Pietermaritzburg and Durban. The centres provide a safe space for key population communities to come, get tested for HIV, STIs and TB, talk to a counsellor and get PrEP and ART. The centres also provide free wifi, access to computers and a safe space to sit and talk.

Geisha, Thalia and Tommy are three Dominicans who live on the edge of a very constricting male and female binary in the ultra-conservative Dominican Republic. Within the social dynamics, their reality as transgender is often emphasized, which is why, they advocate for social inclusion all Dominican trans* people. An ode to Trans activists in the city of Santo Domingo, and how their lives navigate under their gender identity in a state that does not recognize them.

The purpose of this networking zone will be to share and display issues on provision of psychosocial support to adolescents living with HIV. Adolescents living with HIV need understanding around how to limit and cope with stigma, and other vulnerabilities in order to promote their mental well being. The Youth Networking Zone for Youth Programmers will focus on sharing information on how to use various tools for adolescents living with HIV that YONECO and other organisations have developed.

From Isaac Julien, director of Looking for Langston and Young Soul Rebels, comes an impressionistic antidote to the passionless, guilt-ridden AIDS awareness campaign conducted in Great Britain in 1987. This Is Not an AIDS Advertisement blends an imaginative video style with strong political messages.

Humraz at AIDS 2020: Virtual wants to highlight the achievements and lessons learned by Humraz Male Health Society, which provides much needed voluntary counseling and testing (VCT) for HIV and sexually transmitted infection (STI) diagnosis and treatment to marginalized high-risk population of MSM in Karachi, Pakistan since 2012. Humraz will share a digital information poster with achievements and experience on grass root level working with the MSM population in Pakistan. Through representatives, Humraz will channel its knowledge and skills in developing support and understanding for human rights, inclusion, and awareness for gender and sexual minorities in Pakistan. Strategic plan 2020-2022 of Humraz will be available in PDF format highlight the ground reality for program designers and implementers working on the MSM population in Pakistan.

The fight against HIV, particularly in regards to young people, involves stigma/discrimination surrounding HIV, gender inequality, and social/ethical boundaries resulting in poor access to health care. Red Ribbon Clubs (RRCs) are a community-level voluntary initiative of young people through which youth are encouraged to learn about safe and healthy lifestyles. They promote access to information on safe sexual behaviors and enable young people to become change agents. Visitors to this booth from around the world, and particularly those from the Asia Pacific and Sub-Saharan Africa regions, shall have a glimpse of a RRC that is being implemented in the rural parts of India. Visitors will be able to access information on some of the activities of the club and collect general materials on RRCs.

Join us as we screen "Pay or Quit" at the Global Village. In 2019 we created this fictional short movie to be used in trainings for street outreach teams. "Pay or Quit" is centered on the story of a Black Trans woman who's experiencing housing insecurity and struggling with addiction. We developed the script with a series of focus groups at CalPEP - the California Prostitutes Education Program - based in West Oakland, California. In late 2020 we'll be fundraising to create two more movies - one centered on the experiences of Black Cis-Women and one on Black Men who have sex with Men. Pay or Quit Filmmakers: CB Smith-Dahl: Director, Co-Writer Jasmine Powell: Actor Troy Rockett: Actor Rigo Valadez-Bigler: Co-Writer Danielle Thompson: Videographer Shane Watson: Editor Gloria Lockett: Producer

Welcome to The PACT booth! The PACT is the global youth coalition on HIV, a vibrant coalition of more than 80 organisations working collaboratively and strategically in the global HIV response. Since 2013 we have been building solidarity across youth organisations to ensure the health, well-being and human rights of all young people. We aim to unite young people working in the AIDS response to end AIDS by 2030. Our values are as follows: meaningful youth participation, transparency, diversity, honesty, solidarity and commitment. At this booth, you will learn about the work we do, how to get engaged, why youth participation in the AIDS response matters in 2020, and how we can mobilize transnational youth solidarity to end AIDS by 2030. You will meet our steering committee members, who represent different member organizations, and learn about the work they do to end AIDS by 2030.