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Radio 4000 podcast
Radio 4000 podcast
Radio 4000 UNICEF Eastern and Southern Africa (ESA) Regional Office, in partnership with the Global Fund and the HER Voice Fund, launched Radio 4000, the first-ever podcast series supporting implementing partners to programme with and for adolescent girls and young women in HIV and sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR). As the name of…, Listen wherever you get your podcasts, including these platforms:, apple icon spotify icon tic tok logo link tree icon, Season II: EPO - Setting the stage, This second season includes five additional episodes, understanding risk, money and relationship dynamics, adolescent girls and young women in leadership, condom programming and social behaviour. Now, to kick off this season, we have some very special guests in the studio :, Lieke Van de Wiel, - UNICEF Deputy Regional Director for Eastern and Southern Africa, Gail Steckley, - Regional Manager for the Southern and Eastern Africa team at the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, Maximina Jokonya, - Y+ Global as HER Voice Fund Coordinator, Season II: episode 1 - Understanding risk, Imagine a world where modern data tools can be used to increase access for all adolescent girls and young women and ensure better quality of HIV and SRH services. Shocks, life changes and personal choices can all impact on their sexual and reproductive health. We need to find ways to ensure that specific programmes reach those adolescent girls and…, Saidy Brown, - SRH Rights advocate from South Africa, Evelyn Namaiko, - program officer at Zambia Network For Young People Living with HIV - ZNYP+, Deborah Leticia Akumu, - SRH Rights advocate from Uganda, Jane Ferguson, - Director, Healthy Adolescents and Young Adults (HAYA), based at the Africa Health Research Institute in South Africa, Season II: episode 2 - Money and relationship dynamics, In today's episode, we focus on money, relationship dynamics, age appeal, and their implication on adolescent girl's and young women's programmes. Sexual relationships between young women and older men are common drivers of the HIV epidemic in the ESA region. We delve into the dynamics, decisions, and shared experiences within these relationships…, Miranda Ziba -, Programs manager - Zambian Youth Platform, Jenny Kayombo, - Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights, community engagement, digital communication & gender expert from Tanzania, Hasina Subedar, - Technical adviser, National Department of Health on HIV Prevention Republic of South Africa., Season II: episode 3 - Condoms: available, accessible and acceptable, Male and female condoms, when used correctly and consistently, are safe and highly effective in preventing transmission of sexually transmitted infections - including HIV, and unintended pregnancies. In this episode, we hear from AGYW and male partners about their experiences with condoms - and how programmes ensure their availability,…, Bidia Deperthes, - Team lead, Sexual Health/Global Prevention advisor UNFPA-Senegal, NtombiKayise Ncube, - Youth SRHR and HIV advocate, CATS mentor, Lupakisyo Bukuku, - medical personnel working with the network of young people with HIV and Y+ at the youth advocates coordinator, Season II: episode 4 - Beyond participation: young women lead!, Programmes are more impactful when young women have their say in the decisions that affect them. Leadership is more than speaking up; it's about having influence through being informed and engaged. SRH and HIV programmes need to be intentional in supporting AGYW to lead; and in creating space to harness their leadership. In this episode, young…, Joyce Ouma, – Advocacy and campaigns officer at Y+ Global. Global ambassador for AGWY from Kenya, Brenda Bakobye Khayumbe, - Head of program and partnership at Y+ Kenya, and Her Voice Fund ambassador, Musonda Memory Chikombo, - Her Voice Fund ambassador, Season II: episode 5 - Finding the answer to SRH and HIV questions, In this final episode, we take a look at how social behaviour change approaches can support adolescents and young people to find answers to questions about HIV and SRH. We hear about multiple platforms of delivery including MTV Shuga Down South; and how they can be used to reach young people where they are. Programmes are empowering young people…, Massimiliano Sani:, Deputy global lead - Social and Behaviour Change - UNICEF HQ · UNICEF, Stephanie Ndlovu:, MTV Shuga actor, Yvonne Diogo, : Country director: MTV Staying Alive Foundation, Radio 4000 season one introduction, Each week, 4000 adolescent girls and young women in sub-Saharan Africa acquire HIV. Radio 4000 was created as a platform to discuss, respond and promote peer-to-peer learning about the models that work. Our goal is to amplify their voices and to center their preferences and experiences. We share stories, best practices, and tools to improve our…, Episode 1: Improving lives of adolescent girls and young women, In East and Southern Africa, young women continue to be disproportionately at risk of HIV infection and other sexual and reproductive health challenges. There is an urgent need to scale-up well-designed and effective programmes that meet the sexual and reproductive health and HIV-related needs of young women in the region. In this episode our…, Episode 2: Adolescent friendly services: what works?, Navigating the healthcare system can be challenging for anyone, and even more so for adolescents seeking HIV & sexual reproductive health (SRH) services. In this episode, we explore good practice examples of successful adolescent-friendly health service delivery and understand how these can be integrated into adolescent girls' SRH and HIV…, Episode 3: The power of peers, Eastern and Southern Africa is home to 1.74 million adolescents living with HIV. In this region, AIDS is the leading cause of adolescent mortality. In this episode, we explore how investing in appropriate and quality programmes for this key group can improve relevant health outcomes and subgroups, such as those who are pregnant and breastfeeding…, Episode 4: PrEPing adolescent girls and young women, Oral PrEP has proven to be a highly effective strategy in preventing HIV infection in adolescent girls and young women. However, challenges remain in supporting the proper and sustained use of PrEP among this highly vulnerable group. This episode outlines the evidence and lessons from implementation, as well as key considerations highlighted…, Episode 5: It takes two, In this episode of Radio 4000, we focus on men and boys. Our guests, Thulani and Shawn, discuss how sexual, reproductive health & HIV programmes benefit from targeting the needs of men, boys and young women. They unpack the successful Coach Mpilo model. We also hear about masculinity and issues men face from rugby legend and UNICEF Regional…
Pre-exposure prophylaxis and adolescent girls - Evidence update
Pre-exposure prophylaxis and adolescent girls - Evidence update
The PrEP landscape has evolved significantly in the three years since the original brief was released, both in scale and variety. Global PrEP provision has grown rapidly, from fewer than two million cumulative PrEP initiations to over 6.5 million5.In addition, in several countries across ESA, AGYW now have a choice of two or more PrEP options, including tenofovir disoproxil fumarate-based daily oral PrEP (TDF combined with either emtricitabine (FTC) or lamivudine), the monthly dapivirine vaginal ring (DVR), and two-month injectable cabotegravir (CAB) for PrEPAdditional options, including six-month injectable lenacapavir (LEN), the dual prevention pill (DPP) which combines oral PrEP and oral contraception, tenofovir alafenamide-based oral PrEP (FTC/TAF), and a three-month DVR, are also in late-stage development and may become available as early as 2025.Considering these developments, this updated brief summarises the most recent evidence on AGYW PrEP provision, serving as a supplement to the original 2021 implementation brief. Evidence was drawn from a review of over 40 resources published in 2022-2024, including academic literature as well as briefs and tools developed by implementers.
Consolidated HIV guidelines for key populations
Consolidated HIV guidelines for key populations
These WHO guidelines outline a public health response to HIV, viral hepatitis and sexually transmitted infections (STIs) for five key populations (men who have sex with men, trans and gender diverse people, sex workers, people who inject drugs and people in prisons and other closed settings). The guidelines present and discuss new recommendations and consolidate a range of recommendations and guidance from current World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines. These guidelines focus on the above five groups, originally defined as “key” in the HIV response across the three infectious disease areas:The structural barriers which limit the five key populations’ access to HIV services also limit their access to viral hepatitis and STI services.HIV risk behaviours such as condomless sex and unsafe injecting, which are in general more common in key populations, are also among those that increase the risk of acquiring viral hepatitis and STIs.Many of the interventions recommended for HIV prevention also have an impact on transmission of viral hepatitis and STIs.
Improving the quality of pre-exposure prophylaxis implementation
Improving the quality of pre-exposure prophylaxis implementation
This implementation brief examines the current efforts in eastern and southern Africa to accelerate and scale up evidence-based PrEP delivery platforms for adolescent girls and young women. The brief provides current knowledge and builds on WHO guidance to provide key considerations for implementation, including driving demand and improving quality, as well as focus on wider combination prevention and integration agendas.Adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) remain disproportionately affected by HIV in eastern and southern Africa, however, they face many personal, social and structural barriers to access, uptake and use of traditional HIV prevention methods. Oral Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) is proven to be highly effective as an additional prevention choice for reducing the risk of HIV acquisition, but the current demand for PrEP by AGYW is low with suboptimal adherence.Within the region, there is currently great impetus to address these challenges and scale up PrEP for AGYW. A critical aspect of this is to leverage the learnings and evidence from implementation of how to improve the demand and quality of PrEP programming for this population. Improving the Quality of Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Implementation for Adolescent Girls and Young Women in Eastern and Southern Africa is informed by knowledge and lessons learned emerging from a virtual thank tank and webinar convened by UNICEF together with WHO AFRO and the Global Fund, with support from the SIDA funded 2gether 4 SRHR programme, in early 2021.--------------EVIDENCE UPDATE 2024Over the past three years, the PrEP landscape has evolved significantly including for AGYW in Eastern and Southern Africa who continue to be disproportionately affected by HIV. The evidence update titled: Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis and Adolescent Girls and Young Women in Eastern and Southern Africa: The latest insights, aims to enhance the quality and coverage of PrEP programming for AGYW. The brief, developed by AVAC, UNICEF and the Global Fund, summarizes the most recent evidence on AGYW PrEP provision and serves as a supplement to the original 2021 implementation brief.
Cross-country transdisciplinary adaptation guidelines
Cross-country transdisciplinary adaptation guidelines
This document is meant to help with decision-making about whether and how to make adaptations, by providing teams with a clear articulation of the elements and components of A360 interventions that we as the A360 Consortium believes should be preserved or, if teams feel adaptations are necessary, can be adapted with careful consideration. Below, you will find guidance on:The overarching “global” aspects of A360 interventions that reflect our disciplines, and that shouldbe integrated to inform any future adaptationsA break down of the individual components of each of the countries’ A360 interventions andconsiderations for whether and how to adapt them
Key population activist toolkit (PrEP)
Key population activist toolkit (PrEP)
What is the aim of this toolkit?There are three main aims of this toolkit:To equip community activists with the knowledge and skills that they need around PrEP, advocacy and community mobilization so that they are able to mobilize their communities to demand PrEPTo enable community PrEP activists to advocate with their governments and service providers to allow key populations access to PrEP servicesTo ensure that these services are provided in a manner that is affordable, appropriate to their needs, and addresses access barriers.