Consulting: speaker, training, research, governance
Bakita has a range of governance experience, as a Founding Member of Viiv Healthcare’s Positive Action Strategic Advisory Committee and member of the Sexual Health and HIV All East Research (SHARE) Collaborative Community Advisory Board. She formerly held roles as Chair of the Global Network of Young People Living with HIV, WHO’s Global Validation Advisory Committee member and University of Surrey Students’ Union Vice President.
Bakita is a collaborator and peer researcher on a SHARE sub-study Implementing Long-Acting Novel Antiretrovirals (ILANA), which is led by Queen Mary University London (ViiV Healthcare funded). The study will evaluate the feasibility of administering injectable HIV medication via NHS HIV clinics and community settings.
Bakita has designed and led several workshops including professional workshops for UCL students; a programme of informational workshops for the Children’s HIV Association; creative messaging workshops for QinetiQ. She has also designed and led tutorials and lectures for Oxford University, Brighton & Sussex Medical School and PENTA Infectious Disease.
Bakita offers her expertise to select organisations seeking to strengthen community engagement in their work meaningfully.
Services
Community-led research
Community engagement and participatory research design
Poetic inquiry and creative messaging
Professional and personal development workshops
Clients include
