As the head of WACI Health, Rosemary is a longstanding advocate for HIV vaccines with expertise in policy analysis, budget advocacy, influencing decision making processes, mobilizing civil society and community voices for action. She has extensively worked on building and strengthening civil society organizing for health advocacy in Africa. She oversees the Civil Society Platform on Health in Africa (CISPHA) and Africa Free of New HIV Infections (AfNHI), an African-led Network on HIV Prevention Research. In Kenya, Rosemary, through WACI Health, partners with IAVI and KAVI Institute of Clinical Research in advancing vaccine research advocacy.
Email: rosemary@thevarg.org
Celebrating Africa Day: HIV Vaccine Development – A four-point agenda Each year on May 18, advocates all over the world commemorate the day to mark progress in the search for an AIDS vaccine. Also, the Africa Day is the annual commemoration......
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