October 27, 2026
9:00 - 10:30 am ET
via PRISMA
PRISMA: European Community-Driven Observatory on Ageing and HIV welcomes you to the first webinar in its series bringing together community voices, researchers, clinicians and policymakers to advance equitable and transformative ageing with HIV.
Ageing with HIV is a social, human and political reality, as well as a clinical experience. This inaugural webinar explores how the findings and recommendations of The Lancet HIV Commission on ageing and HIV can inform meaningful change in care, policy and everyday life.
Bringing scientific evidence into dialogue with lived expertise, the session will explore physiological and chronological ageing, multimorbidity, polypharmacy, sexual health and integrated care. It will also consider how ageism, gender inequality and unequal access to services shape people's experiences of growing older with HIV.
This session opens PRISMA's ongoing webinar series and invites participants to help shape a shared agenda for research, policy and practice across Europe and Central Asia, grounded in community priorities.
Webinar Objectives
- Translate key scientific, clinical and policy findings from The Lancet HIV Commission into practical strategies for care and policy.
- Highlight community perspectives, prioritising what matters most to people living and ageing with HIV.
- Create opportunities for dialogue among clinical experts, community advocates and participants through live questions and answers.
Webinar Agenda
- Welcome, Housekeeping & Opening Remarks
- The 2040 Blueprint — Demographic Shifts and Structural Changes
- Clinical Care Trajectories — Assessing Physiological Age, Multimorbidity & Polypharmacy
- Breaking Invisibility: Community Perspectives on Sexual Health & Ageism
- Person-Centred Care — Integrated Models, Social Prescribing and Lived Experience
- Conclusion & Next Steps
Book Your Place
- Date: Tuesday, 27 October 2026
- Time: 14:00 – 15:30 CET | 09:00 – 10:30 EDT (US Eastern) | 18:00 – 19:30 UTC+5
- Language: English (with simultaneous Russian interpretation provided)
- Registration: Free
- Register for the webinar: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/jXuEBe3RQIGMkxvtKaYEww
Presenters & Moderator
- Nicoletta Policek, PhD
Co-Founder and Executive Director, PRISMA: European Community-Driven Observatory on Ageing with HIV, Belgium. - Jovana Milić, MD, PhD – Moderator
Department of Surgical, Medical, Dental and Morphological Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy. - Keri Althoff, PhD, MPH
Professor of Epidemiology Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, USA. - Amy C. Justice, MD, PhD
Peter N. Herbert Professor of Medicine (General Medicine) and of Public Health (Health Policy), Yale University, USA. - Medea Khmelidze, MSW
Executive Director, Eurasian Women's Network on AIDS, Georgia. - Vanessa Johnson, JD, MPA
Co-Executive Director, Ribbon-A Center of Excellence, USA.
Participant Information
- All participants are asked to register online in advance.
- There is no registration fee.
- Simultaneous interpretation in Russian will be available throughout the session.
- Read The Lancet HIV Commission on ageing and HIV: a global perspective.
Webinars and online events delivered and hosted by PRISMA: European Community-Driven Observatory on Ageing and HIV are provided for informational and educational purposes. The views expressed by speakers or third parties are their own and do not necessarily reflect the official position of PRISMA or partner organisations.
PRISMA is a European Community-Driven Observatory for Equitable and Transformative Ageing with HIV. It is a collaborative platform that brings together communities, researchers, clinicians, policymakers, civil society organisations, and other stakeholders to understand, monitor, and transform the experience of ageing with HIV across Europe. PRISMA is founded on the belief that people living with HIV are not simply beneficiaries of services or subjects of research. They are experts through experience, producers of knowledge, leaders of change, and essential partners in shaping the future of ageing with HIV.
