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Winnie Ssanyu Sseruma

Winnie Ssanyu Sseruma is a UK-based international development consultant, global health advocate, and prominent voice in HIV/AIDS activism. Living with HIV for decades, she has dedicated her career to fighting stigma, shaping health policy, and championing the African diaspora’s contribution to the UK’s HIV response.

In Uganda she co-founded Bridging A Gap Initiative (BAGCI), which provides breakfast to almost 200 vulnerable children each morning during the school term. The organisation has been going since 2006.

In 2022, she co-founded, Mentoring Omwana (Child) Project, which supports young people to access opportunities, develop their skills, especially computer skills and to find hope in full-filing lives beyond formal education.

She is a co-author of Our Stories Told By Us: Celebrating the African Contribution to the UK HIV Response, a book which unearths the history and legacy of African activists, healthcare workers, and individuals affected by HIV in the UK.

News featuring Winnie

Positive Health – Season 2 – Episode 2

Positive Health – Season 2 – Episode 2

In this episode of Positive Health, HIV activist Winnie Ssanyu Sseruma and public health consultant Dr Harvey Kennedy-Pitt  join Susan Cole and Denis Onyango for a thought-provoking discussion on HIV and the pressing issues affecting Black communities. Together, they...

Dr Harvey Kennedy-Pitt

Dr Harvey Kennedy-Pitt

Dr Harvey Kennedy-Pitt Harvey Kennedy-Pitt is a global public health consultant, health equity strategist, and scholar-advocate focused on advancing health equity for raciosexual and gender minorities. With expertise in research, policy, and practice, he develops...

Gemma Poole

Gemma Poole

Gemma Poole Gemma Poole is an award winning midwife and portfolio founder building the infrastructure that enables health systems to turn insight into action at scale. Across healthcare, organisations generate data, design services, and invest in innovation, yet...

Juan Michael Porter II

Juan Michael Porter II

Juan Michael Porter II Juan Michael Porter II is a Black gay man living with HIV in the middle of Brooklyn. He serves as health journalist, culture critic, educators, and HIV advocate. He is the Director of Communications of Positive Women's Network-USA as well the...

Doreen Moraa Moracha

Doreen Moraa Moracha

Doreen Moraa Moracha Doreen Moraa Moracha is a Kenyan HIV advocate and digital content creator committed to strengthening community leadership in the global HIV response. She serves as the African Representative to the NGO Delegation to the UNAIDS Programme...

Mackayla Forde

Mackayla Forde

Mackayla Forde Mackayla Forde, aka ‘RED MEDUSA’ is a poetic-academic and researcher making unique contributions to academia, poetry, and public health. She is a LISS-DTP PhD candidate at Queen Mary University of London's Global Public Health Unit within the Wolfson...

Melissa Sigodo

Melissa Sigodo

Melissa Sigodo Melissa Sigodo is an awarded journalist and founder of Black community news site The Source. She previously worked for a National newspaper before launching her own independent platform which has broken numerous stories and is holding power to...

Professor Jenny Douglas

Professor Jenny Douglas

Professor Jenny Douglas Dr Jenny Douglas is Professor of Social Justice and Health Equity in the Faculty of Wellbeing, Education and Language Studies at the Open University. The key theme unifying her research and activism, is intersectionality – exploring how racism,...

Dázon Dixon Diallo

Dázon Dixon Diallo

Dázon Dixon Diallo Dázon Dixon Diallo is a recognized visionary and advocate in the struggle for human rights through sexual and reproductive health, rights and justice, and the fight against HIV, STIs and Gender-based Violence. Dázon is Founder and President of...

Dr Michael Brady

Dr Michael Brady

Dr Michael Brady Michael was appointed as the first National Advisor for LGBT+ Health at NHS England in 2019, with the remit of reducing LGBT+ health inequalities, improving healthcare experience, access and outcomes for LGBT+ individuals and ensuring the NHS is an...