International Speaker Session - Prof. Elona Toska

Title: What does precision HIV programming for adolescents and young people in Africa look like?

Professor Elona Toska is an adolescent health researcher at the University of Cape Town. Her research focuses on supporting adolescents and young people in Eastern and Southern Africa to have safe and healthy relationships with people in their lives: partners, caregivers, and healthcare providers. She is currently leading a study focusing on understanding digital and relational well-being among adolescents and young women accessing HIV and SRHR services in South Africa. Over the last decade, she was the co-PI for two mixed-data multi-method cohorts in South Africa: HEY BABY (~1,200 adolescent mothers, 1/3 HIV+, 1,500 children, 4 waves) & Mzantsi Wakho (~1600 10-24-year-old adolescents and young people, ~1000 HIV+, 3 waves). She works closely with colleagues at UNICEF, UNFPA, UNAIDS, The Global Fund, and government partners in Cameroon, Eswatini, Kenya, Lesotho, Mozambique, South Africa, Zambia, and…