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A Program Of:
TakingITGlobal
Global Youth Action Network


Strategic Partners:
United Nations Population Fund
Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS
aids 2031
Does HIV look like me?
Oxfam International Youth Parliament
Universities Coalition for Global Health
About GYCA
Staff Members
  • Reshma Pattni, Program Director - (Profile)
  • Sydney Hushie, Program Coordinator - (Profile)
  • Lindsay Menard-Freeman, Program Officer - (Profile)
  • Suneet Sandhu, E-course Facilitator - (Profile)


  • Regional Focal Points
  • Eastern Europe and Central Asia: Yama Enayat, Afghanistan - (Profile)
  • Middle East / North Africa: Ahmed Tammam, Egypt - (Profile)
  • West Africa: Veronica Ugwu, Nigeria - (Profile)
  • Central Africa: Hippolyte Muhire, Rwanda - (Profile)
  • East Africa: Edgar Makona, Kenya - (Profile)
  • Southern Africa: Mawethu Zita, South Africa - (Profile)
  • South Asia: Ajay Uprety, Nepal - (Profile)
  • Asia Pacific: Toma Nemoto, Japan - (Profile)
  • Caribbean: Korey Chisholm, Guyana - (Profile)
  • Latin America: Ivens Reyner, Brazil - (Profile)
  • Western Europe: Dieuwke Boersma, the Netherlands - (Profile)
  • North America: Emily Carson, Canada - (Profile)

  • National Focal Points
  • Eastern Europe and Central Asia:
  • Gvantsa Khizanishvili, Georgia - (Profile)
    Masooda Enayat, Afghanistan - (Profile)
    Konul Agayevat, Azerbaijan - (Profile)

  • Middle East and North Africa:
  • Ramy Yassen, Sudan - (Profile)
    Nagham Hawash, Sudan - (Profile)
    Salma Zaki, Egypt - (Profile)
    Safaa Sabah, Egypt - (Profile)
    Fathi el Dhafri, Yemen - (Profile)

  • West Africa:
  • Adebunmi Adeola Akinbo, Nigeria - (Profile)
    George A. Ben-Smith, Ghana - (Profile)
    Mahmud Johnson, Liberia - (Profile)
    Musa Ansumana Soko, Sierra Leone - (Profile)

  • Central Africa:
  • Fominka Dalbert Lumiere, Cameroon - (Profile)
    Dieudonne Fikiri, Burundi - (Profile)
    Jean de Dieu Gatete, Rwanda - (Profile)
    Lundja Jacques, Democratic Republic of Congo - (Profile)

  • East Africa:
  • John Muhia, Kenya - (Profile)
    Zuhur Yassin, Somalia - (Profile)
    John Mabula, Tanzania - (Profile)
    Eric Ojok , Uganda - (Profile)
    Gudina Fufa, Ethiopia - (Profile)

  • Southern Africa
  • Bokamoso Kaisara , Botswana - (Profile)
    Fadzai Mundazo, Zimbabwe - (Profile)

  • South Asia:
  • Vinita Sharma, Nepal - (Profile)
    Krishna Mohan Rao Adhiraju, India - (Profile)
    Atta ur Rehman Qureashi, Pakistan - (Profile)
    Salahuddin Mohammad, Bangladesh - (Profile)
    Milinda Rajapakshya, Sri Lanka - (Profile)

  • Asia Pacific:
  • Nagan, Vietnam - (Profile)
    David Ephraim, Papua New Guinea - (Profile)

  • Caribbean:
  • Liesl Harewood, Barbados - (Profile)
    Samuel Sandy, Guyana - (Profile)
    Suradj Jogi, Suriname - (Profile)
    Nekeisha Lewis, Jamaica - (Profile)
    Clifton Need, Grenada - (Profile)
    Saint Amour Dady, Haiti - (Profile)

  • America Latina:
  • Pablo Torres Aguilera, México - (Profile)
    Danilo Romano, Bolivia - (Profile)
    Luis Garcia, Panamá - (Profile)
    Sofia Ganem, Argentina - (Profile)
    Manuella Donato, Brazil - (Profile)
    Rosario Chuquiruna, Perú - (Profile)
    Vladimir Jaquez, Dominican Republic - (Profile)
    Denisse Legrand, Uruguay - (Profile)
    Richard Gaerste, Venezuela - (Profile)
    Victor Renazco, Nicaragua - (Profile)
    Hector Lincona, Honduras - (Profile)
    Sebastian Godoy, Chile - (Profile)

  • North America:
  • Sayali Tarlekar, United States - (Profile)

    GYCA Advisory Council
  • Lyudmila GorokhovichCo-Founder of GYCA - (Profile)
  • Joya Banerjee, Co-Founder of GYCA, Harvard School of Public Health - (Profile)
  • Caitlin Chandler, aids2031 - (Profile)
  • Emily Freeburg, Co-Founder of GYCA, NGO Committee on Youth at the United Nations - (Profile)
  • Janet Feldman, KAIPPG/International, ActALIVE Arts Coalition - (Profile)
  • Lia De Pauw, Interagency Coalition on AIDS and Development - (Profile)
  • Todd Murray , Founder and President, Hope's Voice - (Profile)
  • Himakshi Piplani, Wake Up Pune Coalition - (Profile)
  • Gracia VioletaRoss Quiroga, Bolivian Network of People Living with HIV/AIDS (REDBOL)/ International Community of Women Living with HIV/AIDS (ICW)/Latin American Network of people living with HIV/AIDS (REDLA) - (Profile)