Miss Alison Kutywayo

Alison Kutywayo is a South African public health researcher whose work centers on HIV prevention, sexual and reproductive health, and adolescent wellbeing. Her scholarship is closely aligned with implementation science initiatives supporting the integration of oral PrEP and emerging long-acting prevention technologies within primary care and community settings. She collaborates extensively with national and provincial stakeholders to strengthen service delivery for populations disproportionately affected by HIV.

Her publications highlight prevention preferences among men, women, and adolescent girls and young women, with particular emphasis on multipurpose prevention technologies that address HIV, STIs, and unintended pregnancy. Through mixed-methods and participatory research, she examines demand creation, messaging strategies, decentralized service delivery, and policy readiness for introducing new prevention products, including implants and injectables.

Kutywayo’s research also addresses mental health, PrEP continuation, and structural drivers of risk, including school safety and gender-based violence. By linking behavioral, clinical, and systems-level evidence, her work informs responsive, youth-centered programming and contributes to shaping equitable, contextually grounded HIV prevention strategies in South Africa.