Andriy Klepikov, Executive Director of the Alliance for Public Health has been elected and confirmed to serve on the International AIDS Society (IAS) Governing Council as a member for the next four years.
On June 19 IAS announced the names of it’s Members who have been elected and confirmed to serve on the IAS Governing Council for the next four years:
Adaora Adimora, United States
Serge Paul Eholié, Côte d’Ivoire
Beatriz Grinsztejn, Brazil
Jennifer Kates, United States
Andriy Klepikov, Ukraine
Keletso Makofane, South Africa
Cristina Mussini, Italy
Nittaya Phanuphak, Thailand
Andriy Klepikov will represent in the Governing Council the European Region, in particular Eastern Europe and Central Asia. “It’s an honor for me to be elected to the IAS Governing Council ” – he noted after announcing the results of the elections. – I am grateful to all who supported my candidacy! Together, we will pursue ambitious goals and will strengthen the role of IAS in response to HIV/AIDS epidemic. As our immediate tasks I see the final stage of the preparation of the International AIDS Conference, which will be opened in a month, in Amsterdam. We need to achieve maximum results from this event! Also, I congratulate Kevin Osborne on his appointment as new Executive Director of the IAS, I will be happy to work together!”
International AIDS Society announces Kevin Osborne as its new Executive Director. With more than 30 years of public health experience and a deep portfolio of HIV programme implementation and advocacy, Kevin is unquestionably qualified. He is also the first IAS Executive Director openly living with HIV, bringing lived experience to the role and deep connections to those most affected by the epidemic. Osborne said it was an honour to represent the IAS at this pivotal moment in the global fight against HIV. “We are at a crossroads with both ambitious global goals to end this epidemic and looming threats to global funding and sound policy. As the world’s largest association of HIV professionals, our mission to advance science and mobilize collective action has never been more important.”
The mission of the International AIDS Society (IAS) is to lead collective action on every front of the global HIV response through its membership base, scientific authority and convening power. Founded in 1988, the IAS is the world’s largest association of HIV professionals, with members from more than 180 countries working on all fronts of the global response to HIV. Together, we advocate and drive urgent action to reduce the global impact of HIV. The IAS is also the steward of the world’s two most prestigious HIV conferences: The International AIDS Conference and the IAS Conference on HIV Science.