Symposia 1: Growing the prevention toolkit: Community-Led Innovations and Prevention Scale up Across the Pacific
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| Monday, August 17, 2026 |
| 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM |
| Orchid |
Details
By the end of the session, participants are expected to:
- Gain improved understanding of current HIV prevention priorities and implementation experiences in the Pacific region.
- Learn from practical country examples and community-led prevention innovations.
- Identify key barriers and enabling factors for prevention scale-up.
- Strengthen collaboration and networking among prevention stakeholders across the region.
- Generate actionable recommendations for improving HIV prevention policies and programming.
- Access practical prevention resources, IEC materials, and online tools shared during the symposium.
The Prevention Symposia Session aims to:
1. Showcase innovative and evidence-based HIV prevention approaches and implementation experiences from the Pacific region.
2. Promote practical learning on person-centred and combination prevention strategies, including PrEP, community-led prevention, HIV testing expansion, harm reduction approaches, and integration within SRH services.
3. Facilitate dialogue on challenges and opportunities related to prevention programming in rural areas, island, and key population settings.
4. Encourage regional collaboration and knowledge exchange among governments, communities, civil society, and development partners.
5. Highlight the critical role of key populations and community-led organizations in designing, delivering, monitoring, and scaling up HIV prevention services across the Pacific.
6. Identify practical recommendations and take-home solutions to strengthen HIV prevention responses across the Pacific.
Speaker
Pacific HIV Symposium
Anchor Abstracts
Asaeli Sinuseteki
Redefining the Role of Peer Outreach in Fiji’s HIV Response: Development of Peer-Led HIV Outreach Guidelines
Asaeli Sinusetaki is the Interim CEO of the Rainbow Pride Foundation (RPF) in Fiji. He has been actively involved in advocating for LGBTQI+ rights and has led initiatives to establish community hubs that support LGBTQI+ individuals and amplify their voices.
Jayke Meki
Youthlead Png Focal Person
KPAC PNG
Youth Led community outreach sexual health promotion, testing and PrEP commencement in PNG
10:30 AM - 10:45 AM
Jayke Meki is President of Youth Lead Rise PNG and a Board Member of Key Populations Advocacy Consortium (KPAC). He is a youth leader and advocate focused on peer-led outreach, strengthening youth engagement, and improving access to HIV prevention, testing, and care services for young people in PNG.
Philips Loh
Senior Technical And Program Advisor
Health Equity Matters
From Rollout to Retention: Lessons from PrEP Implementation under the SKPA-2 Multi-Country HIV Program in Asia
Philips Loh is a Senior Program and Technical Advisor at Health Equity Matters, with a focus on HIV prevention and community-led responses. His work supports the design and implementation of prevention programs for key populations across Asia-Pacific, including technical assistance on PrEP, peer outreach, and community systems strengthening.
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Interactive Prevention Discussion: Key Prevention Data in the Pacific
Iryna Zablotska-Manos, Esrom Immanuel, Joeli Colati , Jayke Meki, Cathy Ketepa, Dashika Balak
Pacific HIV Symposium
Global HIV Prevention Frameworks and the Pacific Context: Gaps and Priorities
WIN HTIN, Khin Cho
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Panel Discussion and Audience Engagement: Making Prevention Work: Lessons, Gaps and the Way Forward
Session Chair
Loata Tucika
Pacific Sexual and Gender Diversity Network
