Face of the Fight Abhina Aher
Abhina Aher is a transgender, hijra woman and HIV activist. She says transgender people are the most “visibly invisible community,” which fuels the risk of HIV. Abhina was the first hijra recruited to design and implement HIV care and prevention programs supported by the Global Fund to reach transgender people, as well as other key populations.
Abhina spoke at the Global Fund’s Sixth Replenishment Conference in Lyon, France 9-10 October 2019. At the conference donors pledged US$14 billion to Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria for the next three years.