Thoko Mwapasa

Thoko Mwapasa is Deputy Chief of Party for One Community, an HIV/AIDS combination prevention program in Malawi, under the Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs (CCP). She has been working in HIV/AIDS prevention, care and support programs for the past 15 years, using SBCC using mass and community media approaches. She has worked with and directly supported people living with HIV and other vulnerable populations like women, children and youth. She also has experience in food and nutrition as well as water sanitation and hygiene (WASH) programs. She is passionate about working with adolescent girls and young women, advocating to reduce gender inequalities that increase their vulnerability to HIV, and enabling them to protect themselves against infection. She holds a Master of Science Degree in Counseling Psychology and a Masters degree in Public Health (MPH).