The Manitoba Government has created a new post-doctoral fellowship in HIV\/AIDS research to honour the late Stephen Lewis.<\/p>\n
A Legacy of Global Health Advocacy<\/p>\n
Stephen Lewis was a politician, diplomat and humanitarian advocate who was best known for his work on global health and human rights, and best known in Canada for co-founding the Stephen Lewis Foundation, which supports community-based responses to HIV\/AIDS in Africa.<\/p>\n
“Stephen Lewis was an inspiration,\u201d said Premier Wab Kinew. \u201cFrom serving as Canada\u2019s ambassador to the United Nations to his role as the United Nations secretary-general\u2019s special envoy for HIV\/AIDS in Africa, and as the co-founder of the Stephen Lewis Foundation, which supports community-based HIV\/AIDS initiatives in Africa, Stephen drew international attention to the scale of the crisis and the need for urgent action, funding and access to treatment.”<\/p>\n
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Funding to Support HIV\/AIDS Research in Manitoba<\/p>\n
Kinew announced the post-doctoral fellowship on the day of Lewis’ funeral, saying it will provide\u00a0$60,000 in funding to support an exceptional post-doctoral researcher dedicated to advancing the understanding and management of HIV\/AIDS in Manitoba.<\/p>\n
The fellowship will focus on communities disproportionately impacted by HIV\/AIDS and may include research in areas such as disease transmission, prevention strategies, treatment interventions, community engagement and health-care discrepancies.<\/p>\n
“The last time I spoke to Stephen in early March, he said to go represent what is best in life,” said Kinew. “So, to Stephen, we will. To honour him, we will establish a post-doctoral fellowship in HIV research, so future Manitobans and Canadians will live up to his challenge.”<\/p>\n
The award will open to applicants in September 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Manitoba Government has created a new post-doctoral fellowship in HIV\/AIDS research to honour the late Stephen Lewis.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":631977,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194296],"tags":[49,48,22073],"class_list":["post-631976","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-winnipeg","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-winnipeg"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/631976","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=631976"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/631976\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/631977"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=631976"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=631976"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=631976"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}