Bobby Shady
About Bobby Shady
Bobby Shady graduated from Brown University in 2008 with degrees in Human Biology and Development Studies. Following graduation he completed a year of AmeriCorps service as a part of the “Residency in Social Enterprise” Program of the nonprofit firm New Sector Alliance and worked in Strategic Planning and Program Development for the start-up social enterprise Charity Partners, Inc. He has also worked with the Clinton Foundation HIV/AIDS Initiative in Papua New Guinea, the Johns Hopkins/NIH Minorities in Global Health Disparities Internship program in Cape Town, South Africa, and in a pathology laboratory at Weill Medical College of Cornell University. At GHD, Bobby is contributing to research on large-scale HIV prevention efforts.
Role(s) / Profession(s)
- Student
Organization
- Global Health Delivery Project
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Recent Contributions
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Bobby Shady started a discussion "Avahan - The India AIDS Initiative: The Business of HIV Prevention at Scale" in the HIV Prevention community.
This publication describes the Avahan initiative and provides an overview of the evolution of the Avahan strategy and its implementation; a description of the key elements of the program and how Avahan achieved its first goal of rapidly rolling out services to a large and hard-to-reach population across a large geographic area; how Avahan monitors and evaluates the initiative; the preliminary results and learnings; and its plans for the future.
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Bobby Shady started a discussion "Cost-Effectiveness of Male Circumcision for HIV Prevention in a South African Setting" in the HIV Prevention community.
The authors present the results of a cost-effectiveness analysis of the use of male circumcision to reduce the spread of HIV. Their analysis is based on the male circumcision trial in Orange Farm, South Africa which was demonstrated to have a 60% protective effect against HIV acquisition. Kahn, Marseille, and Auvert conclude that male circumcision is likely to be a cost-effective HIV prevention strategy in settings of high and moderate HIV prevalence, even if the ...
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Bobby Shady started a discussion "Use It or Lose It: How Avahan Used Data to Shape its HIV Prevention Efforts in India" in the HIV Prevention community.
This publication provides an account of how Avahan has tried to address the challenges and opportunities of using data to guide a large program.
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Bobby Shady started a discussion "Setting new standards for targeted HIV prevention: the Avahan initiative in India" in the HIV Prevention community.
In preparation for Tuesday's launch event, "Turning off the Tap," with special guests from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the India AIDS Initiative: Avahan, we will be posting a series of editorials written about Avahan. In this piece, Dr. Peter Piot, former Executive Director of UNAIDS, argues that Avahan has set new standards for HIV prevention by demonstrating that HIV prevention programs must be focused where the virus is primarily spreading and that ...
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Bobby Shady started a discussion "Condom Promotion for AIDS Prevention in the Developing World: Is it Working?" in the HIV Prevention community.
This article reviews evidence on the effectiveness of condoms for HIV prevention. The authors recommend enhancing condom promotion for high-risk groups, more rigorous evaluations of the impact of condom promotion efforts, and additional research on how to integrate condom promotion with other prevention strategies.
Recent Recommendations
- None at this time.