About
Who we are
The AIDS 2026 Youth Force is a youth-led movement bringing people living with and affected by HIV to the heart of the world's largest HIV conference. Each Youth Force builds a Pavilion in the Global Village — a home base for art, advocacy, research and local programming, By Us, For Us. In Rio, we lead, and we define what comes next.
Our host
HYPE
The Youth Force Pavilion is produced by HYPE, the youth initiative of the AIDS Committee of Durham Region (ACDR) in Ontario, Canada. HYPE creates spaces for young people to lead HIV education, advocacy and creative work — and carries that mandate onto the global stage at AIDS 2026.
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