At Panos, partners ranged from the World Bank and WHO through to Treatment Access Campaign with a number of high-level presentations and facilitator roles.
Currently I am embarking on a period being based in Southern Africa, working closely with a handful of government and non-government national level organisations to provide technical support in HIV communication. This will help me to look at areas of commonality and difference in the use of health communication concepts or methods nationally and internationally, together with some assessment of what this means to the quality and efficacy of the different projects.
I am a UK Citizen, currently living between South Africa and France.
My academic background incorporates cultural studies, communication studies (Culture and Communication, BA Hons, First Class, Lancaster University, UK), and Medical Anthropology (MSc Medical anthropology, Distinction, Brunel University, UK).
I have worked in HIV for over 12 years, 4 of which have been in Southern Africa, mostly in Zambia. I have been heavily involved in the evolving field of HIV Communication, and have
contributed to a number of developments in this sector, most recently with UNAIDS in relation to Social Change Communication for HIV Prevention.
Strategy and project design have become some of my particular areas of interest. I have been involved in the development of communication strategies for Nelson Mandela AIDS Programme, DFID, World AIDS Campaign (responsible for World AIDS Day worldwide), UNICEF and several other organisations. .
Much of my work has involved working with the media. Working with partners such as Internews, World Bank, WHO Stop TB unit and others I have experience of both media training and development, as well as media promotion.
