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With 96.5% of Kenyans ascribing to a faith, Faith Communities play pivotal roles in the HIV response in Kenya and worldwide. Religious leaders have significant audiences they make contact with once or more, weekly. Their influence as community gatekeepers and behavioral molders provide an advantage in behavior change communication targeting children, adolescents & young people and even older people. Stigma and discrimination remain the biggest challenge hindering access to HIV prevention, treatment and care. They have also been accused of perpetrating & perpetuating stigma in places of worship. Effective engagement of this sector is therefore key. Panel Discussion: 1: Faith communities networks have the potential to change the HIV epidemic 2: Reaching out to AYPs within the religious spaces“ successes, lessons and opportunities 3: Religious leaders living with HIV the challenge of double stigma 4: Male engagement within the faith sector Finding the missing 5: What needs to be done to strengthen Faith Communities engagement, documentation and reporting?