Yvette Raphael is currently the Executive Director of Advocates for the Prevention of HIV in Africa. Serves on the Board of Trustees of MTV Base Staying Alive. Yvette Delivered the 2023 Martin Delaney Lecture at CROI 2023 that was Held in Seattle Yvette Alta Raphael is a consummate leader in the fight against HIV. As a woman who has been living with the virus for over 19 years, she has experienced first-hand what HIV stigma, insufficient prevention education, and reduced access to healthcare can do. She utilized her natural leadership abilities to co-found the Tshwaranang Care Center for People Living with HIV & AIDS (PLWHA). Ms. Raphael has spoken around the globe including at several International AIDS Conferences to advise researchers, advocates, and policymakers on how to best win the war against HIV and AIDS. Her passion has been to improve the health outcomes for young women and girls, but her trusted expertise has also been lent to developing policies at the workplace and creating better, more efficient structures to utilize the available governmental resources to End AIDS. Furthermore, Ms. Raphael is a trusted globally renowned advocate of effective and efficient education to the community regarding new and developing research for medications that treat and/or prevent HIV. Yvette is featured in the 2018/2019 exhibition at Smithsonian Museum titled outbreaks (those who survive, those left behind). She is also a member of the Global Community Advisory Group for the ECHO trial.
