This webinar which was held on 4 June 2026 was organised by the IAS in partnership with Georgetown University Center for Innovation in Global Health and the Malawi National AIDS Commission. The discussion explored practical lessons from countries and communities working to integrate HIV prevention into broader health systems while ensuring services remain tailored and equitable for communities’ facing stigma and barriers to care. It focused on how HIV prevention can be more effectively integrated into public and primary healthcare systems as countries pursue greater sustainability and national ownership. The discussion explored what functional and systemic integration looks like in practice, which prevention functions can be embedded within broader health systems, and what this requires at policy and service levels.
It also examined how to protect tailored and equitable services for key populations and others who may face stigma or barriers to care. Speakers highlighted how countries can move beyond parallel structures in ways that strengthen prevention outcomes and the wider health system.
True integration requires overhauling core health system functions such as financing, governance, and supply chain management rather than simply offering different services under the same roof. Community stewardship is critical to ensure that mainstream public health facilities remain responsive, respectful, and non-judgmental. HIV prevention cannot be treated as a clinical exception; it must be embedded within the broader framework of Universal Health Coverage (UHC).
Webinar Slides Can Be Accessed Via the Link Below:
_Integrating-HIV-prevention-into-public-health-systems.pdf
Watch On You Tube: https://youtu.be/Xhlq19i-dmU?si=8hHc1CdCf-u1rslt