Deadline: 10 August 2015
AVAC’s Advocacy Fellows Program is a project of AVAC and designed to support emerging and midcareer advocates to design and implement advocacy projects focused on biomedical HIV prevention research and implementation in their countries and communities. Advocacy Fellows carry out their projects while based at “Host Organisations” that are active partners in the Fellows’ project implementation.
The overall goal of Advocacy Fellows is to expand and strengthen the capacity of civil society advocates and organisations to monitor, support and help shape biomedical HIV prevention research and rapid rollout of new effective interventions in low- and middle-income countries with higher HIV burdens.
The Advocacy Fellows Program seeks applicants who are:
- Emerging or mid-career community leaders and advocates involved or interested in advocacy around HIV prevention research and implementation, particularly the areas described in question (3). Those living with HIV are encouraged to apply.
- Individuals with some experience or education in the areas of HIV and AIDS, public health, medicine, international development, women’s rights, communications, or advocacy with key populations, such as sex workers, LGBT people and drug users.
- Based in low- and middle-income countries with high HIV burdens and where biomedical HIV prevention clinical research is planned or ongoing and/or where there is current work on implementation of new preventions strategies (such as voluntary medical male circumcision, pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), early treatment (and “combination prevention” packages that link biomedical strategies. Advocates can also develop proposals that seek to catalyze plans and policies in countries where little activity on these issues has happened to date.
- Able to collaborate with English-speaking mentors. Applications are encouraged from all countries where such research is ongoing or biomedical prevention interventions are rolling out, however the Advocacy Fellow and key staff at his/her organisation must be able to communicate with AVAC staff in English.
- Although it’s not required to have extensive experience in biomedical HIV prevention research, successful applicants must demonstrate awareness of and willingness to learn about ongoing biomedical prevention research and implementation in their respective countries.
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