I am a senior level professional with 20 years’ experience in management, coordination and implementation of HIV/AIDS programs, research and policy development. I have served in numerous organizations both locally and internationally renowned and I have provided technical assistance supporting the National and Provincial Departments of Health and the South African National AIDS Council (SANAC).

Joel Steingo led the implementation of a CDC-funded biobehavioural survey among people who inject drugs in four South African cities in 2023. He is the Director for Strategic Information and Business Development at TB HIV Care.

Currently the Programme Manager: Human Rights and Key Populations programmes for NACOSA, the Principal Recipient of the Global Fund grant. Currently a member of South to South learning network PWUD Champions team in South Africa and held the position of Innovation Action convenor for Frontline AIDS and Resource Mobilisation Committee co-convenor for the Western Cape Civil Society Forum. Over 20 years’ experience in health program management, with key competencies in policy oversight, program development, and grant management in sex work, transgender and people who use drugs programming.

My name is Natalie Jacobs, a Community Linkage Officer for SANPUD and Western Cape PWUD Sector Chairperson for People Who Use Drugs. My role is linking People Who Use Drugs to healthcare services. I document Human Rights Violation and host Advocacy events to make sure that people who use drugs are able to access healthcare facilities without being stigmatized or decriminalized

Dr Kennedy Kipkoech is a Senior Research Associate in Infectious Diseases mathematical modelling at the University of Bristol, United Kingdom. His research specialty and interest are in the application of epidemiological, statistical, and mathematical modelling approaches to understand transmission dynamics and control of infectious diseases, particularly HIV and viral hepatitis.

Currently the Programme Manager: Human Rights and Key Populations programmes for NACOSA, the Principal Recipient of the Global Fund grant. Currently a member of South to South learning network PWUD Champions team in South Africa and held the position of Innovation Action convenor for Frontline AIDS and Resource Mobilisation Committee co-convenor for the Western Cape Civil Society Forum. Over 20 years’ experience in health program management, with key competencies in policy oversight, program development, and grant management in sex work, transgender and people who use drugs programming.

My name is Natalie Jacobs, a Community Linkage Officer for SANPUD and Western Cape PWUD Sector Chairperson for People Who Use Drugs. My role is linking People Who Use Drugs to healthcare services. I document Human Rights Violation and host Advocacy events to make sure that people who use drugs are able to access healthcare facilities without being stigmatized or decriminalized

Dr Kennedy Kipkoech is a Senior Research Associate in Infectious Diseases mathematical modelling at the University of Bristol, United Kingdom. His research specialty and interest are in the application of epidemiological, statistical, and mathematical modelling approaches to understand transmission dynamics and control of infectious diseases, particularly HIV and viral hepatitis.

I am a senior level professional with 20 years’ experience in management, coordination and implementation of HIV/AIDS programs, research and policy development. I have served in numerous organizations both locally and internationally renowned and I have provided technical assistance supporting the National and Provincial Departments of Health and the South African National AIDS Council (SANAC).

Joel Steingo led the implementation of a CDC-funded biobehavioural survey among people who inject drugs in four South African cities in 2023. He is the Director for Strategic Information and Business Development at TB HIV Care.