Advocate. Motivational Speaker.Human Rights defender. Leader.Consultant women issue with a bias toward Adolescent girls and Young women.
Nairobi, Kenya
Joined July 2014
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Consolata Opiyo retweeted
The real test of the #TBWomenLeadershipAcademy2026 begins after the room empties.
The cohort now carries its leadership into organizations, communities, national programs and decision-making spaces across the region.
What was strengthened here must translate into greater influence, stronger gender-responsive programming and more women affected by TB shaping the systems that serve them.
@TbWomenGlobal @realTBpeople @Yplus_Global @ajws @StopTB @CS4MEglobal @GlobalFund @ahfkenya
#WhenWomenLeadChangeHappens
Consolata Opiyo retweeted
The work now moves beyond the Academy.
The relationships built here must become channels for mentorship, collaboration, advocacy and collective influence across communities, organizations, national programs and global health spaces.
At @Leanonmek, the objective is not to produce isolated leaders.
It is to strengthen women who can lead together, influence together and create pathways for more women to follow.
@Yplus_Global @GlobalFund @CS4MEglobal @AJWS @TBWomenGlobal @StopTB @realTBpeople @ahfkenya
#TBWomenLeadershipAcademy2026
#WhenWomenLeadChangeHappens
Consolata Opiyo retweeted
Leadership practice also happened in the small moments.
Speaking up. Listening differently. Questioning power. Sharing experience. Supporting another woman’s voice. Learning when to lead and when to create space for someone else.
These are not secondary skills. They are part of how women build the confidence and judgement required to influence institutions and systems.
@Yplus_Global @GlobalFund @CS4MEglobal @AJWS @TBWomenGlobal @StopTB @realTBpeople @ahfkenya
#WhenWomenLeadChangeHappens
Consolata Opiyo retweeted
Different journeys brought different answers to the same challenge, how can women affected by TB have greater influence over the systems shaping their lives.
#TBWomenLeadershipAcademy2026
@Yplus_Global @Leanonmek @GlobalFund @CS4MEglobal @AJWS @TBWomenGlobal @StopTB @realTBpeople
Consolata Opiyo retweeted
📢#SundayReflection
Two days after the #TBWomenLeadershipAcademy2026, one of the strongest outcomes is not captured in a presentation slide.
It is the trust built between women from different countries, sectors and lived experiences.
These relationships matter because leadership is strengthened when women have spaces where they can exchange openly, learn from one another and build the networks needed to sustain influence beyond a single event.
@TbWomenGlobal @realTBpeople @Yplus_Global @ajws @StopTB @CS4MEglobal @GlobalFund @ahfkenya
#WhenWomenLeadChangeHappens
Consolata Opiyo retweeted
Meet the women at the centre of the #TBWomenLeadershipAcademy2026.
Drawn from across countries, sectors and movements, this cohort brings together women with lived experience and technical expertise across TB, HIV, public health, human rights, youth leadership, advocacy and community systems.
What unites them is a shared leadership mandate: to strengthen women’s influence in the decisions, institutions and systems shaping the TB response.
This thread introduces the women carrying that mandate forward.
@TbWomenGlobal @realTBpeople @Yplus_Global @ajws @StopTB @CS4MEglobal @GlobalFund @HerVoiceFund @HS_InsightUg @READY_Movement @DHDCNigeria
#WhenWomenLeadChangeHappens
Consolata Opiyo retweeted
.@OConsolata🇳🇬 represents the kind of cross-sector leadership this cohort is bringing into the TB response.
With experience spanning global health, HIV, human rights, governance and community-led development across more than 15 countries, she brings a perspective that connects community realities with institutional decision-making and global health leadership.
Her presence in the #TBWomenLeadershipAcademy2026 reflects a wider ambition: building a constituency of women leaders with the credibility, experience and influence to shape policy, programmes and systems.
@TbWomenGlobal @realTBpeople @Yplus_Global @ajws @StopTB @CS4MEglobal @GlobalFund
#WhenWomenLeadChangeHappens
Consolata Opiyo retweeted
Here, @AseroPatricia is leveraging on the #LivedExperience to advance Self Care for continuity of HIV care and sustaining the response to HIV in changing times and as an enabler to integration: @RichardAmenyah @UNAIDS_ESA @CDCKenya @Ciheb_Kenya @LVCTKe @NASCOP @nsdcc_kenya @MOHMedServices @KNH_hospital @gnpplus @AYARHEP_KENYA @MoyoteKenya @ypluskenya @Cofpak_Official @globalkidney @ICWEastAfrica @IAPAC @iasociety @CHAI_health @LudfineB @CHAK_KENYA @HIVpxresearch @HealthGAP @ahfafrica
Consolata Opiyo retweeted
📢 Call for Nominations!
Civil society organizations, networks & communities: Submit your nominations now for the Multistakeholder Task Force supporting the 2026 UN High-Level Meeting on #HIV.
The UN General Assembly will hold the next HLM on HIV in June 2026. @UNAIDS is forming a Task Force with civil society & private sector reps for inclusive participation.
🗓 Deadline: 3 April 2026
Apply: unaidspcbngo.org/news/call-f…
#HLM2026 #PLHIVLeadersNow @ngopcb
Consolata Opiyo retweeted
U=U University: Celebrating 10 Years of Undetectable = Untransmittable! @gnpplus & @PreventionAC invite PLHIV leaders to global webinars series.
🗓️ Jan 20, 2026 – Latin America/Caribbean, N. America, N/W Africa
Webinar 1 register Here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi…
🗓️ Jan 22, 2026 – Central/East Africa, E. Europe/C. Asia, Middle East, Asia-Pacific
Webinar 2 Register Here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi…
Reignite equity, access & PLHIV leadership so #UequalsU reaches everyone in the🌍. #PLHIVLedersNow #UequalsU @PreventionAC @Saafricango @afrocab_hiv @AIDS_conference @floriako @UNAIDS
Consolata Opiyo retweeted
"In order to prevent death from #AIDS, we need to ensure that all PLHIV have access to treatment. The benefit of science assures us that if you get tested on time, start and remain on treatment, you can live a healthy and quality life. Science has also shown us there is zero chance of passing HIV to sexual partners if PLHIV is on treatment and virally suppressed and has undetectable viral loads."@floriako
Watch @floriako's invitation to a one-day workshop on Advanced HIV Disease (AHD) that @rrpplus, @gnpplus and @afrocab_hiv are hosting during the #IAS2025 pre-conference in Kigali on for on 12th July 2025.
Venue: TBC
Date: 12 July 2025
Register Here: forms.office.com/pages/respo…
Due date: 30 June 2025 For more questions, email [email protected]
@floriako @SboNkosiZA @Yplus_Global @NEPHAKKENYA @iasociety @znnpinfo @UNAIDS
Consolata Opiyo retweeted
Panel Fireside chat – Discussions including from the floor. Charles Birungi @UNAIDS , @VuyisekaDubula , @GlobalFund, Shaun Mellors– @ViiVHC, Samuel Matsikure – @Aidsfonds_intl , Miriam Chepimo , @gatesfoundation #Kenly Sikwese – @afrocab_hiv.
We are live! Please join us for opening Plenary Session: Sustainability of the HIV Response in the dynamic change in donor and government priorities and funding: What are alternative funding sources, how do PLHIV adapt in engaging with donors and Government budgets and planning to ensure responsive HIV services.
Zoom Link: us02web.zoom.us/j/8580844182…
Consolata Opiyo retweeted
It has been a wonderful time together, we look forward today as we end the PLHIV Leadership Summit which seeks to build consensus on key priorities for PLHIV to inform countries and other global stakeholders in the HIV response in this time of adapting and re-defining our work within the HIV response and in particular during the development of the national HIV response sustainability roadmaps, the Global AIDS strategy and the 2026 HIV political declaration.
#PLHIVLeadersNow #AliveandThrive
Consolata Opiyo retweeted
We are live! Please join us for opening Plenary Session: Sustainability of the HIV Response in the dynamic change in donor and government priorities and funding: What are alternative funding sources, how do PLHIV adapt in engaging with donors and Government budgets and planning to ensure responsive HIV services.
Zoom Link: us02web.zoom.us/j/8580844182…
It has been a wonderful time together, we look forward today as we end the PLHIV Leadership Summit which seeks to build consensus on key priorities for PLHIV to inform countries and other global stakeholders in the HIV response in this time of adapting and re-defining our work within the HIV response and in particular during the development of the national HIV response sustainability roadmaps, the Global AIDS strategy and the 2026 HIV political declaration.
#PLHIVLeadersNow #AliveandThrive
Consolata Opiyo retweeted
I walked to offices and showed how I can be useful, I invited myself into national HIV planning meetings in and out of Nairobi at my cost and made myself a resource person that would be useful and needed..
oralseastafrica.news/survivi…
@floriako
#PLHIV #USAID #AID #unemployed #jobloss
Consolata Opiyo retweeted
HIV stigma continues to negatively affect PLHIV, hence the need to work together with communities to end stigma and #EndAids to keep people #AliveandThrive. #GR2023 of the PLHIV Stigma Index, a standardized tool to gather evidence on how stigma and discrimination impact the lives of people living with HIV.
stigmaindex.org/country-repo…
For some people living with HIV, stigma can negatively impact:
🏥💊seeking treatment & attending health appointments
💕relationships
🧠mental health & seeking support for it
This doesn't need to happen. Learn more about what we do to tackle this:
nat.org.uk/what-we-do/ending…
ALT What is the impact of H.I.V. stigma? National aids Trust logo Securing rights. Stopping H.I.V.
Consolata Opiyo retweeted
Beyond 2030 with PLHIV in the lead: Today, The Global Network of People Living with HIV (GNP+) convened with PLHIV leaders from national & regional networks! What a powerful, inspirational, and energizing moment! We heard and learned from one another and resolved to come together now more than ever and SPEAK our LOUD for the community of people living with HIV we are all privileged to serve!
Lots of lessons from how leaders are adapting to mitigate the obvious challenges experienced in global health currently. We are excited to strengthen our collaboration for a strong PLHIV-led advocacy towards shaping the next Global AIDS strategy (2025) and the High-Level Meeting on HIV/AIDS (2026). Thank you to all leaders who joined the call today and shared powerful contributions.
#CommunitiesFirst #EndAids #Aliveandthrive
Consolata Opiyo retweeted
“Now that science around #UequalsU is well established, #HIV funding is critical for us to disseminate this message and end AIDS as a global health challenge” @fantinatti, @gnpplus
At #FCAASummit 27/28Jan we address the funding gap for key populations #GetHIVFundingOnTrack @FCAA
#EndAIDS #KeepPeopleAlive
Consolata Opiyo retweeted
#Survey
The US State Department has issued a'stop-work' order for foreign assistance for at least #90days, potentially cutting billions of dollars for life-saving aid. @gnpplus and @Aidsfonds_intl have volunteered to do the mapping of the impact to communities, seeking input on the effects experienced so far.
Link: forms.office.com/pages/respo…
Consolata Opiyo retweeted
The #survey is still open for participation until 29 January.
#Reminder!
@WHO in collaboration with @gnpplus invites #PLHIV to participate in a 10-minute survey to support the upcoming World Health Organization #guidelines meeting on Advanced HIV Disease.
The survey focuses on the identification of advanced HIV disease, Kaposi Sarcoma, and hospital discharge-related care for people with HIV.
Link: surveymonkey.com/r/YZXSVL7
Due Date: 29 Junuary 2025
@PreventionAC @ICWEastAfrica @ICWAPasiapac
@Yplus_Global @GILOYoungPosFo @NEPHAKKENYA
@GP_EndStigma @HIVAIDSupdates @HIVJusticeNet
@NAFOPHANU @UNYPA1 @Zimyungpoz @JIP_indonesia
