FPA Sri Lanka is participating in the 26th International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2026), the world's largest global gathering on HIV. Bringing together policymakers, researchers, civil society, communities, and advocates from around the world, the conference provides a vital platform to share the latest scientific advances, strengthen global partnerships, and promote people-centred, integrated responses to HIV.
Representing FPA Sri Lanka at this event are Mr. Asanga Karunaratne (Honorary President), Mr. Suhail Junaid (Director โ Marketing), Mr. Suchira Suranga (Director โ Organizational Learning & Evaluation), Dr. Chintha Rupasinghe (Director โ Sexual & Reproductive Health), Ms. Zaroosha Farook (Head of Finance), Ms. Nadika Fernandopulle (Deputy Director of HIV and Project Manager โ GFATM National HIV Prevention Programme), and Dr. Mihitha Basnayake (Senior Manager โ Advocacy).
As the global HIV response continues to evolve, FPA Sri Lanka remains committed to contributing to international dialogue, sharing best practices, and bringing valuable insights back to strengthen HIV and SRHR programmes in Sri Lanka.
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At AIDS 2026 in Rio de Janeiro, FPA Sri Lankaโs Dr. Mihitha Basnayake presented on chemsex harm reduction in criminalised settings, drawing on work in Sri Lanka and Malaysia under the SKPA-2 programme, delivered by peer trainers with lived experience and shaped by community input throughout.
โWe choose to end AIDS by trusting communities to lead. Ending AIDS requires shifting power and resources to the communities who have been leading the response all along. We help shift power in practice by choosing to resource, amplify, and scale community-led solutionsโ.