Nicola Willis

Biography

Nicola Willis is the founder and executive director of Zvandiri, based in Harare, Zimbabwe. Zvandiri trains young people living with HIV as peer counsellors and connects them with other young people with HIV to support them to survive and thrive. Zvandiri supports governments to integrate, scale, and sustain this model. 14 countries have adopted the model to date, delivering Zvandiri to 260,000 children and adolescents with HIV. Nicola is the co-Chair of WHO's Adolescent Service Delivery Technical Working Group. She has an MPhil in Public Mental health and has just completed her Phd which has focused on integrating mental health in the treatment and care of adolescents living with HIV and the evidence for policy and practice. She is a Mulago Rainer Arnhold Fellow.