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Developing Models of HIV Prevention Advocacy

Developing Models of HIV Prevention Advocacy. For Whom and How – Partnerships in Prevention Jim Pickett, IRMA & AIDS Foundation of Chicago Microbicides 2010 - Pittsburgh May 23, 2010 . Here we go. Background. Long history of treatment advocacy

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Developing Models of HIV Prevention Advocacy

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  1. Developing Models of HIV Prevention Advocacy For Whom and How – Partnerships in Prevention Jim Pickett, IRMA & AIDS Foundation of Chicago Microbicides 2010 - Pittsburgh May 23, 2010

  2. Here we go

  3. Background • Long history of treatment advocacy • To date - prevention advocacy has focused on: • Male and female condoms • VCT • Clean needles • Behaviour change • MTCT • Male circumcision • Advocacy around NPT is in its adolescence

  4. Method to the madness • Informal e-mail and telephone interviews with NPT advocacy leaders • Successes • Challenges • What do you do best? • How might another group incorporate your best? • What is the thing you need to work on? • If I could do it all over again, ____________________

  5. Who did I talk to? • Manju Chatani – AMAG [African Microbicides Advocacy Group] • Anna Forbes – formerly GCM[Global Campaign for Microbicides] • Morenike Ukpong – NHVMAS[New HIV Vaccine and Microbicide Advocacy Society] • Mitchell Warren – AVAC [AVAC - Global Advocacy for HIV Prevention]

  6. Pearls of wisdom

  7. Themes

  8. The competition is the virus, not other technologies. The goal is to prevent new infections and end the epidemic. Don’t fall in love with “your” technology

  9. Be passionate Advocacy without passion is just special-interest politicking. Advocates are born with a fire in the belly. - Mitchell Warren

  10. Fill a gap - ManjuChatani

  11. Have a mission In 1998, when GCM was founded, no woman-initiated HIV prevention tools existed with the exception of the female condom … There was virtually no awareness among scientists, policy-makers, the general public or even among HIV/AIDS advocates of the need ... We formed GCM to create… demand for woman-initiated HIV prevention tools, to raise public funding… inspire the scientific community to take on the research challenges, and build understanding among policy makers…. - Anna Forbes

  12. Facilitate, collaborate We have done much to facilitate relationships and partnerships between African advocates and researchers… - Manju Chatani Do your work in coalition, in collaboration, with unusual suspects. - Mitchell Warren

  13. Create partnerships

  14. Herd the cats

  15. Halfway home

  16. Connect the dots • We connect the dots on a wide range of disparate issues, and translate them to various audiences, • - Mitchell Warren

  17. It’s not just the money, honey Prevention research has often been boiled down to "we need more money" - but lots of things are not about just money . We need to be more sophisticated and move from cheerleading advocacy to more strategic, more critical thinking, from clinical trial results to public health impacts, to evidence-based analysis. - Mitchell Warren

  18. But… where IS the money honey?

  19. Strategic mentoring • GCM's approach has been to "lead from behind" and to avert conflict and competition by anticipating potential areas of tension and addressing them proactively... The creation of IRMA, of course, is our most successful example of this approach. • - Anna Forbes We currently are developing a 18 months mentorship plan with a Spanish organisation who is great with government advocacy. They will learn about community mobilisation including media engagement from NHVMAS – a great model for learning. NHVMAS learned a lot from GCM in its early years - MorenikeUkpong

  20. Challenges - ManjuChatani

  21. Is there really a recipe for success?

  22. A pinch of this a splash of that

  23. IRMA, b.2005 4 people, 3 agencies, 2 countries

  24. Roll with it, make it up • Communications • Listserv • Teleconferences • Website, blog, other social networking • Reports • Activities • Conferences • M2006, AIDS 2006, etc • Lubricant survey

  25. Become a publisher

  26. Play well with other acronyms • Collaborations • AMAG, AMD, amfAR, AVAC, CHAMP, GCM, GMHS, GNP+ MSMGF, MTN, NHVMAS, PC, UCLA, + dozens and dozens more advocacy groups, universities, research institutions • IRMA ALC, IRMA Nigeria • Governance • TOR • Steering Committee

  27. The forest for the trees • Connection to broader issues • Lack of data on heterosexual AI • Stigma, taboo • Homophobia, criminalization • Gender inequities • Human rights, LGBT rights • Current HIV prevention and NPT writ large

  28. Special thanks to IRMA funders • AIDS Foundation of Chicago • amfAR – The Foundation for AIDS Research • Broadway CARES /Equity Fights AIDS • Elton John AIDS Foundation

  29. And that’s it

  30. jpickett@aidschicago.org Thank you

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