This is an excellent comment. Let me begin by saying you are absolutely right in that any response to the HIV epidemic on the continent must take into account each country's own experience and drivers of HIV.

Drivers such as drug abuse, rape, poverty and violence against women for instance have differing levels in each country across the continent. Therefore UNAIDS strongly advises that country responses must start with 'knowing their epidemic'. A simple sentence this may seem, but it involves a dense network of epidemiologists, demographers, health professionals, policy makers, politicians, vocal civil society and so on.

In an individual capacity, I cannot fill all these shoes at once. That is why I would not dare to venture into addressing the advocacy needs of each country across the continent. However, I hope that through this website, I will be able to reach out to specific challenges that I can lend my hand to, especially where they overlap with my areas of influence.