Global health
Health challenges are connected. So are the people, institutions and ideas needed to address them.
Professor Tlou’s work has spanned Botswana’s national HIV response, UNAIDS regional leadership and the Global HIV Prevention Coalition. Prevention, treatment, women and girls, and community participation have remained central.
Research on the impact of HIV on women informed her later advocacy for girls’ education, sexual and reproductive health, and equitable access to services.
Nursing is the foundation of her approach to health systems: support the workforce, widen access to education and bring nurses into decisions that shape care.
As a Special Ambassador for the African Leaders Malaria Alliance, she supports African cooperation and community-centred prevention.
UCT GLOBAL HEALTH LECTURE • 10 SEPTEMBER 2026
In her 2026 UCT lecture, Professor Tlou stressed investment in the health workforce, primary healthcare, sustainable financing and African-led solutions. The lecture connected her decades of experience to today’s questions of resilience and equity.
“There is no health without a workforce.”Source ↗
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