HIV/AIDS among Women in Asia-Pacific: Issues, What Works and Way Forward, with Rajnish Prasad

This seminar will provide an overview of HIV/AIDS among Girls and Women in the Asia-Pacific Region including country wise variations. Further, key challenges faced by Women Living with HIV (WLHIV) and interventions/strategies that works in supporting WLHIVs will be shared. Some key recommendations to address the challenges faced by WLHIVs will be also presented.

Speaker Profile

Rajnish Ranjan Prasad is currently working as Programme Specialist- Gender Equality and HIV/AIDS with the UN Women’s Asia-Pacific Regional Office. He has 17 years of experience in addressing inequalities, empowering marginalized communities and providing technical support to Governments. He is working with UN Women Country Offices in the Asia Pacific region to address gender inequality in planning, and utilization of health services.

He has previously worked with UNFPA and supported Government of Rajasthan, India in strengthening of large-scale programmes for holistic development of young people specially girls, addressing gender inequalities and to promote youth leadership. He has also worked with National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO), Government of India and managed large-scale HIV/AIDS programme. He has received PhD in the area of Public Health from IIHMR University, India.

Register below and join us on Wednesday, February 5, at 9:30 a.m. ET

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