Building the next generation of HIV prevention advocates

The Academy equips champions with the knowledge, skills, and confidence to advance HIV prevention choice, challenge misinformation, and lead meaningful conversations in their communities.

The Champion Journey

A pathway from learning to influence

Learn

Build your foundation

Build your understanding of HIV prevention, prevention choice, and community accountability.

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Connect

Join the network

Join a network of champions, advocates, and peers from across Eastern and Southern Africa.

Champions connecting at a gathering
Grow

Develop your leadership

Develop the confidence, leadership skills, and advocacy capacity to drive meaningful conversations.

A champion growing in confidence
Act

Engage your community

Apply your knowledge through community engagement, awareness activities, and advocacy efforts.

Community engagement in action
Influence

Shape the conversation

Help advance prevention choice and accountability by shaping conversations that affect women and girls.

A champion influencing prevention conversations
Learning. Leadership. Action.

What is the Academy?

AWPCAB's leadership and learning platform for advocates, community leaders, and champions across Eastern and Southern Africa.

The Academy creates opportunities to deepen understanding of HIV prevention, strengthen advocacy skills, and contribute to conversations that advance prevention choice and accountability. Through learning, collaboration, and community engagement, participants become informed voices for prevention choice within their communities and networks.

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What You'll Gain

Knowledge, skills, and a network that lasts

Champions building knowledge in a session

Build Knowledge

Strengthen your understanding of HIV prevention options and emerging developments.

An advocate speaking with the community

Strengthen Advocacy

Develop skills to engage communities and contribute to prevention conversations.

Champions connecting at a gathering

Connect with Peers

Join a growing network of champions across Eastern and Southern Africa.

Advocates driving change in their community

Drive Change

Support efforts that advance prevention choice and accountability.

Meet the Champions

Across Kenya, Malawi, South Africa, Uganda & Zambia

Champion Stories
Across the Region

Champions at work, country by country

Academy champions in Kenya

Kenya

Academy champions in Kenya are advancing HIV prevention choice through community engagement, peer learning, advocacy, and public awareness initiatives. They work to strengthen informed decision-making by creating spaces for open conversations and increasing access to accurate HIV prevention information.

Academy champions in Malawi

Malawi

In Malawi, Academy champions are working alongside communities to increase awareness of HIV prevention options, support informed decision-making, and amplify the voices of women and girls in prevention conversations.

Academy champions in South Africa

South Africa

Academy champions in South Africa are leading community dialogues, school engagements, and youth-focused initiatives that promote HIV prevention choice, challenge misinformation, and encourage meaningful participation in HIV prevention efforts.

Academy champions in Zambia

Zambia

In Zambia, Academy champions are strengthening community awareness and supporting conversations that promote HIV prevention choice, advocacy, and accountability through local engagement and peer-led learning.

Academy champions in Uganda

Uganda

Academy champions in Uganda are advancing HIV prevention choice through community engagement, peer-led learning, and advocacy, creating spaces for open conversations and expanding access to accurate prevention information for women and girls.

In Partnership

Partners for the HIV Prevention In Action Academy

The Academy is delivered together with organisations advancing HIV prevention, health, and the leadership of women and girls across the region.

Become a Champion

Ready to lead prevention choice in your community?

Join champions across the region using knowledge, advocacy, and community engagement to advance prevention choice and accountability.

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Get Involved

Stand with women & girls

Tell us how you'd like to work with AWPCAB, it only takes a minute.