The Philadelphia AIDS Consortium (TPAC)
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World Health Care Infrastructures (WHCI)
Chile
Young adults are becoming social influencers for a life-saving cause: to combat Chile's 19% increase of new HIV cases from approximately 5,816 in 2017 to approximately 6,948 at the close of 2018. Our initiative is to train young people to prevent HIV among their peers. Twenty newly trained young people learned how to use the power of educated conversation combined with rapid testing technology to engage their peers, loved ones and neighbors. This is our new class of Popular Opinion Leaders (POL). This model, built on the trust of friendships and connection of people, works in all types of communities.
This was made possible by an intramural grant from the Pontifica Universidad Catolica de Chile, in collaboration with Temple and Drexel University.
WHCI's collaboration with Pontifica Universidad Catolica de Chile has been nurtured since the first program in 2006. Read about our feature!
Due to this innovative prevention strategy, the Chilean national newspaper, El Mercurio, also featured this work in the Science section.
Here's an insider peek at the cutting edge presentations from national and international key stakeholders in the health and government community in Chile.
WHCI recognizes how vital it is for top leaders to come and share their work. WHCI organized this opportunity.
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