An African-led coalition committed to advancing sustainable, long-term HIV control across the continent
Our mission is to discover sustainable solutions to eliminate HIV as a public
health concern on the continent to achieve an AIDS free Africa.
Why the HCWG Matters
Despite decades of significant donor support from the global north (notably PEPFAR and the Global Fund), sub-Saharan Africa remains dependent on external funding for its HIV response. Neither PEPFAR nor the Global Fund was designed to replace African ownership, and both donors and recipient countries have inadequately planned for the transition to domestic leadership and financing.
Therefore, the African-led HIV Control Working Group (HCWG) has successfully established itself as an influential, independent African voice advocating for locally led and financed HIV responses, fostering epidemic control and health system integration.
Our Priorities
HCWG’s core priorities are centered around African leadership, sustainable financing, resilient systems, and community-centred HIV control.
In our work, we prioritise Long-term HIV control and sustainability, ensuring that health systems are responsive and not susceptible to external shocks; African-led governance, leadership, and ownership through strengthening African leadership and decision-making on HIV and health, and promoting accountable, African-led governance of the HIV response; Sustainable, African-centred financing by working with governments and country-level stakeholders to develop domestic and innovative financing frameworks that progressively replace over-reliance on donor funding; Health and community systems strengthening, integration, and UHC to embed HIV services in resilient, integrated systems advocate for integration of HIV and TB services within universal health coverage, including safeguarding access for key and priority populations; HIV prevention and key populations through advocacy for re-prioritisation of HIV prevention (including for adolescents and key populations) as a central pillar of long-term control, protecting and advancing programmes for communities within domestically financed responses; and Community and civil society at the core by placing communities, PLHIV networks, youth, and key populations at the centre of planning and accountability for the HIV response, and building and sustaining platforms where governments and communities jointly define priorities, monitor progress, and protect human rights.
Our Partners
