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9th International Workshop on Adolescence, SRHR & HIV 2025

Workshop Chairs

Organizing Committee

The members of the Organizing Committee are a group of carefully selected experts and inspirational leaders in their respective fields. They meet frequently to discuss the scientific program of the workshop, identify interesting topics and candidate speakers, and review all submitted abstracts.

Youth Reference Group

Scientific Committee

The members of Scientific Committee are hand-picked by the Organizing Committee and the conference secretariat based on their significant contributions and commitment to the field. They assist the Organizing Committee by providing them with suggestions for speakers and topics. In addition, members of the Scientific Committee participate in reviewing submitted abstracts, and play an active role during the workshop as moderators and/or chairs of sessions.


  • Job Akuno, African Centre for Innovation and Impact, Kenya
  • Wole Ameyan, WHO, Switzerland
  • Sarah Bernays, University of Sydney, Australia
  • Elizabeth Mabel Bankah, MBchB, MWACP, MGCPS, MPH(Adolescent Health), PGdip Adolescent Health (Melbourne), PGdip(South Wales), Greater Accra Regional Hospital, Ghana
  • Tom Churchyard, Kwakha Indvodza, Swaziland
  • Chelsea Coakley, University of Cape Town, South Africa
  • Anthony Enimil, MD, Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) / Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana
  • Hildah Essendi, PhD, Tiko, Kenya
  • Luann Hatane, PATA, South Africa
  • Missael Hotman, Youth LEAD / Inti Muda, Indonesia
  • Diana Kemunto Nyamweya, MBChB,MPH, USAID, Kenya
  • Igor Kuchin, MD, MSc, UMIT TIROL, Private University for Health Sciences and Health Technology, Austria
  • Zanele Mabaso, Sonke Gender Justice, South Africa
  • Aveneni Mangombe, Zimbabwean Ministry of Health and Children, Zimbabwe
  • Shirley Mark, UNICEF East Asia, Thailand
  • Zandile Masangane, Ministry of Health, Eswatini
  • Webster Mavhu, CeSHHAR, Zimbabwe
  • Nyaradzo Mavis Mgodi, University of Zimbabwe / University of California San Francisco, Zimbabwe
  • Boyd Mkandawire, Grassroots Soccer, Zambia
  • Immaculate Mutisya, MMed - Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, Kenya
  • Linda Barlow Mosha, Makerere University-Johns Hopkins University Research Collaboration, Uganda
  • Lloyd Mulenga, Ministry of Health, Zambia
  • Saiqa Mullick, WITS, South Africa
  • Nicholas Niwagaba, In Their Hands (ITH), Uganda
  • Wawira Nyagah, AVAC, Kenya
  • Ikka Noviyant, Youth Lead, Thailand
  • Laura Bonareri Oyiengo, Ministry of Health, Kenya
  • Renata Sanders, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, United States
  • Wipaporn Natalie Songtaweesin, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand
  • Kossy Umeh, Y+, Nigeria
  • Marissa Vicari, UNAIDS, Switzerland
  • Daniel Were, Jhpiego, Kenya
  • Nicola Willis, Zvandiri, Zimbabwe