Using sub-national community-led monitoring data to enhance gender and population equity in HIV testing in Malawi and South Africa

Solange Baptiste is Executive Director of ITPC. She leads community activists and allies across the globe to deliver on ITPC’s mission to enable people in need to access optimal and affordable HIV treatment through education, demand creation, community-led monitoring and interventions to make medicines more affordable. Solange has over 15 years of global programme management and advocacy experience and specializes in monitoring and evaluation. She has a depth of knowledge in social epidemiology, health financing and community systems strengthening through her work on USAID and PEPFAR health and development and other bilateral and multi-country initiatives across Africa and Asia. She earned a Bachelor of Science in biology from Tuskegee University and her Master of Science in population and international health from the Harvard School of Public Health. Solange is committed to ensuring that the voice of affected communities contributes to and influences the decisions and policies that affect their lives.