Ugandan wins international award in HIV research advocacy
February 10, 2021 Winifred Ikilai
Winifred Ikilai, 29, a Ugandan HIV research activist advancing global efforts to end HIV/Aids, has won the Omololu Falobi Award for her excellence in HIV/Aids prevention research community advocacy.
The award is in honour of Omololu Falobi, a Nigerian journalist and HIV/Aids activist who passed on in 2006. She was honoured on February 4 last week via Zoom at the culmination of a weeklong HIV/Aids Research for Prevention (HIVR4P) virtual conference.
The conference was organized by International Aids Society (IAS) and it is the only global scientific conference dedicated exclusively to biomedical HIV/Aids prevention research.
Friday, 29 January 2021, 5:47 am
Wednesday, 27 January, 2021 (Geneva, Switzerland) Researchers, advocates and policy makers
advancing global efforts to end HIV/AIDS will be honoured
with awards at HIVR4P // Virtual – the HIV
Research for Prevention
Conference, to be held 27 & 28 January and 3 & 4
February 2021. Organized by IAS – the International
AIDS Society – HIVR4P is the only global scientific
conference dedicated exclusively to biomedical HIV
prevention research.
“The awards programme at HIVR4P
// Virtual recognizes outstanding HIV prevention research,
compelling advocacy to curtail the epidemic, and exceptional
commitments to safeguarding the human rights of people
impacted by HIV,” said IAS President Adeeba Kamarulzaman
of the University of Malaya. “This conference, and these