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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

This performance will demonstrate how hip hop music, led and driven by the affected population of youth (male and female) including adolescent girls and young women and adolescent boys and young men, propels and drive messages about HIV prevention in the era of social media with a focus on health as a human right.

ATLAS VIRTUAL offers a streaming program (6 - 10 July) with impressive stories of People Living with HIV (also in times of Covid-19) from all over the world. And a daily live talk show from Amsterdam, followed by a chat. ALTAS VIRTUAL will stream an 8-hour program 3 times a day (6 - 10 July) with stories, documentaries and photographs of People Living with HIV (PLHIV). The collection has been built up over the last years. In the last few months, new stories have been produced about PLHIV in times of Covid-19. The live stream will feature a daily talk show from a studio in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. We will have guests, sharing stories and experiences in Storytelling and live music. Expect a great line up of guests, among them women, youth and long term survivors, artists and community experts. The talk show will be followed by a one-hour online chat. ATLAS VIRTUAL is a community-based project. Over the last years, we interviewed, filmed and photographed inspiring PLHIV, all over the world, portraying a hugely diverse group of community members. ATLAS VIRTUAL shows the strength of HIV communities. Our work has resulted in documentaries, hundreds of filmed stories, exhibitions, presentations and social media campaigns. See: www.atlas2018.org. In the last few months we portrayed again - this time online - the brave men and women living with HIV who have shared their impressive stories with us over the past years again. How are they doing now in times of Covid-19?

Unheard Stories is a project by TRANScend, an initiative of The Humsafar Trust (India’s oldest registered LGBTQ organisation), supported by Publicis Sapient. It is a collection of films depicting transgender lives in India. The need for this project emerged from sensitization workshops conducted with employers and educational institutes around awareness on transgender issues. These workshops included transgender persons telling their own stories which made the concepts on sex, sexuality and gender ‘real’ for the audience. However, it also meant the speakers reliving the trauma of discrimination, harassment, violence and abuse faced by them, every time they narrated their stories. Hence, short films on lives of transgender men and women were made with an objective of portraying their lived realities in a dignified and compassionate manner.

This booth will be hosted by experienced queer artists, with an aim of explaining how art can support youth people in preventing HIV. Bandhu Social Welfare Society aims to address the health care needs and human rights issues of sexual minority populations for achieving a vision of a Bangladesh where every person, irrespective of their gender and sexuality, is able to lead a quality life with dignity, human rights and social justice.

Sunshine Cinema has released a series of virtual reality films (VR) focusing on HIV education. Using the latest technology, the films highlight stigma free life saving information regarding disclosure, treatment & adherence and prevention methods. You can “choose your own adventure” in this immersive media film. #360HIVChoice, is the world’s first attempt to address stigma towards those living with HIV using immersive VR media.

The objective of the “Global Fund Community Zone” is to cultivate a safe and vibrant space for peer linking and learning that will enhance meaningful community engagement in Global Fund-related issues and processes. The co-hosts will work collaboratively, with the Platforms focusing on communication and coordination support, and GFAN focusing on advocacy and domestic resource mobilization. The space will promote dialogue and experience exchange, as well as the sharing of tools, challenges and lessons.

PleasePrEPMe.org (PPM) is an organization that provides HIV prevention resources through online visuals, printed materials and its confidential chat feature in English and Spanish. Focusing on Black and Latinx communities in the state of California. This exhibit consist of a set of photographs with a group of PrEP users. Gay, Lesbian, Trans, Hetero, Gender nonconforming of different ethnicities. By creating these images PPM invites underserved communities to start conversations about safe sex options and normalizes sexual health care. Images are reflective of the community we serve (Black and Latinx people), encourages them to take charge of their sexual, learn about PrEP, make educated decisions, and end HIV stigma.