Avert (HIV and AIDS organisation)

Avert (global HIV and AIDS organisation)

Founded	1986 (1986)
Founder	Peter Kanabus and Annabel Kanabus, daughter of Robert Sainsbury
Type	Charitable organisation
Focus	HIV, HIV/AIDS, Sexual and reproductive health
Location	Brighton, UK
Area served	Worldwide
CEO	Sarah Hand
Website	https://avert.info/
Formerly called	AIDS Virus Education Research Trust

Avert is an international charity that uses digital communications to increase health literacy on HIV and sexual health, among those most affected in areas of greatest need, in order to reduce new infections and improve health and well-being.

It works in partnership with organisations in countries most affected by HIV to develop and promote digital HIV and sexual health content and resources that are accurate, accessible, useful, and actionable. It focuses on digital communications to reach people online in spaces they are already spending time.

Avert’s work supports global efforts to end AIDS and achieve the Sustainable Development Goal for Health.

Avert is based in Brighton, UK, with staff members also based in South Africa.