Mehdi Karkouri, MD

President, Coalition PLUS

Topic: Human-centred inclusion of key and vulnerable populations and implementation of DSD approaches to overcome barriers.

Dr. Karkouri is a professor of Medicine at the Faculty of Medicine of Casablanca, Morocco and the president of Association de Lutte Contre le Sida (ALCS), the leading Civil Society Organization for HIV in the Middle East and North Africa, involved in providing access to care, HIV prevention, and HIV related advocacy. He is member of the National HIV Care Committee of Morocco.

He is also the president of Coalition Plus, the international network of Community Based Organizations.

He is involved in several research studies, especially community driven studies working on several topics, including HIV status disclosure, HIV Testing and Counseling, stigma and discrimination drivers.

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