Maureen Luba Milambe is the Africa Region Advocacy Advisor at AVAC where she helps lead capacity building efforts around strategy development, data analytics and use for advocacy for Civil Society Organizations in Zimbabwe, Tanzania and Malawi to effectively engage in Global Fund, PEPFAR and national policy decision making processes.  She graduated from the University of Malawi with a Bachelor’s Degree in Public Administration. She has more than 10 years of experience working on HIV treatment and prevention and Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights programs. She is a Global Health LEAD Fellow at Harvard University and a Board Member for International partnership for microbicides. Maureen also serves as one of the HIV Vaccine Enterprise advisory group members.