AVAC's Blog: P-Values

On October 20th, AVAC and the Center for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia (CIDRZ) conducted a national workshop on the Good Participatory Practice (GPP) guidelines. About 70 individuals participated, representing research teams throughout the country, community advisory boards, advocacy and civil society groups, and media. The workshop was designed as a key step forward in building stronger relationships between the media and Zambian research stakeholders.

Leader Kanyiki, an AVAC Fellow, has been working with allies in South Africa since the beginning of this year to ensure civil society input into the National Implementation Guidelines for Medical Male Circumcision. This document, to be released on December 1, will guide South African policy and strategy for this powerful prevention tool.

In August, five additional members joined AVAC’s US domestic advocacy leadership program, PxROAR (Prevention Research, Outreach, Advocacy and Representation)—Ilanito Cerna-Turoff, Fulbright Program; Steve Houldsworth, Saint Louis Effort for AIDS; Julie Patterson, AIDS Taskforce for Greater Cleveland; Carlos Pavão, Consultant; and Charles Stephens, AID Atlanta.

Carol Odada, coordinator of Kenya’s Women’s HIV Prevention Tracking Project (WHiPT) team, presented the WHiPT report, Making Medical Male Circumcision Work for Women, at the recent meeting of Kenya’s National Male Circumcision Task Force.