Biography

Luann Hatane is Executive Director at Paediatric-Adolescent-Treatment Africa (PATA). Luann is a social worker by training and an experienced project manager in the HIV and development sector. She started working in HIV as a clinic manager to the Triangle Project over two decades ago and later headed up the National AIDS Convention of South Africa (NACOSA), as well as coordinating HIV programming at CARE South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland. Luann has provided technical assistance to various development sector projects over the years in Southern and Eastern Africa. In addition to a degree in social work, she holds an MPhil in development studies.

Luann is committed to working with health providers and communities to develop responsive programmes for adolescents and young people, with a focus on strengthening service delivery models that are youth-centred and stigma free. She is an active member on the Adolescent Treatment Coalition and the Coalition for Children Affected by AIDS and has contributed to several papers and tools focusing on peer support and clinic-community collaboration. She most enjoys facilitating linking and learning PATA Forums for those on the frontline of service delivery.