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Gary Svenson
Consultant , HIV, AIDS and sexual and reproductive health
Gaborone, Botswana
I seek consultancies and senior staff positions as Technical Advisor, Researcher and Manager in developing countries. I have a multidisciplinary background encompassing international work experience in 27 countries covering HIV & AIDS prevention and SRH in the areas of research, behaviour change, program management and strategy and policy development.
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Area of Expertise:
  • Capacity Building, Training, Advocacy
  • Communications, Media, Knowledge Management, Editor
  • Health, Doctors, Nurses, HIV/AIDS
  • Monitoring, Evaluation, Policy, Research, Analysis
  • Social, Education, Gender, Youth, Child
Professional Experience:
Owner 8/2012 – current
Heights, LTD, Botswana

Heights, LTD is a HIV/AIDS/SRH consultant company incorporated under the laws of Botswana. It provides high level expertise and research in the fields of HIV/AIDS/SRH and young people’s health.

Key activities:
- Strategic planning support to African Union Commission (AUC) Youth Division on Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights.
- Mid-term review of the Netherlands’ Regional HIV/AIDS/SRHR Program for Southern Africa.
- National HIV Risk Reduction Strategy for Most-at-risk adolescents (MARA) and Especially Vulnerable Adolescents (EVA) in Bangladesh.
- Policy Briefs on young people’s health in Vietnam.
- Rapid Review on National Public Health Programmes addressing Young People’s Health in Vietnam (editor).

Senior Regional Technical Advisor for HIV/AIDS Prevention
9/2009 –7/2012
USAID Southern Africa via GHFP, South Africa

- Provided expertise in the development, implementation, management and evaluation of PEPFAR/USAID HIV/AIDS prevention awards throughout southern Africa at the country and regional levels and technical support in areas relating to HIV/AIDS, SRH, TB prevention and SBCC, data analysis, strategic planning, key population interventions, and knowledge management.

HIV/AIDS Program Specialist – Senior BCC Advisor 7/2007 – 2/2009
UNFPA, Botswana Country Office

- HIV and AIDS prevention lead for UNFPA and the Joint UN Team on AIDS; seconded to the National AIDS Coordinating Agency as Senior BCC Advisor.

International Consultant Jan – July 2007
UNFPA on behalf of the UN Interagency Task Team for Young People

- Develop evidence informed policy and programming Global Guidance Briefs on HIV and Young People for global dissemination.

Senior Research Associate Oct 2002 - Oct 2006
YouthNet Program, Family Health International, USA

- Designed and managed as principal investigator a 4-year research study on the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of youth peer education for SRH and HIV prevention in Zambia and the Dominican Republic.

Coordinator/ Program Manager 1997 - 2001
Department of Community Medicine, Lund University, Sweden

- Designed and directed the scientific based European Joint Action Plan on Youth AIDS Peer Education that consolidated 16 European countries, WHO, and UNAIDS in a joint action on evidence-based youth HIV/AIDS prevention and SRH in the European Union.

HIV/AIDS Psychologist and Researcher 1989 - 1995
Department of Infectious Diseases, Lund University Hospita
Education:
2002
Doctor of Medical Science in Community Medicine, Department of Community Medicine, Lund University, Sweden

Dissertation:
Community mobilisation and use of opinion leaders in a HIV-STI prevention program for university students

1989
Licensed HIV Psychologist
Country of Sweden

1988
Master of Science in Psychology
Department of Psychology, Lund University, Sweden

1979
Master of Social Work
School of Social Work, San Diego State University, California

1973
Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and Pre-medicine, Sonoma State University, California




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    Years of Experience:
    More than 20 years
    Highest Qualification:
    Doctorate
    Languages:
    English, Swedish
    Nationality:
    United States
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