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In the past 4 year's Marco has worked extensively to advocate, speak about YLWHAs issues with important decision-making adults (government, NGOs and ASOs, global agencies) plans, policy and treatment policies/guidelines to involve the GIPA principle of YLWHA.Marco is an advisory committee member of PYO (Positive Youth Outreach Programme) and Principle advisor committee member on a site that was implemented and developed by and for youth living with HIV/AIDS in Canada (www.livepositive.ca). In 2006 Marco was elected as the first youth to seat at CTAC (Canadian Treatment Action Council).
Marco advocated and was voted to seat on the Special Youth Seat representing the province of Ontario, Canada. Participated in the International AIDS conference Toronto, as a panel discussion speaker, presenter of an abstract, participated in a documentary that followed 5 adults & 1 youth through the conference. Was invited by WHO/UNICEF to Malawi (November 2006) as a youth recipient to participate in a consultation “strengthening the health sector contribution to care, support, treatment & prevention for Young People Living With HIV/AIDS”. Seats on the Ontario vaccine/ prevention technology trials network as a youth steering committee member. Steering Committee member for IPPF, (SFRCH Canada) as of 2006.
Spearheaded a new initiative of GYCA called Living Positively with another GYCA youth leader living with HIV/AIDS, an international community for youth living with HIV and AIDS (www.youthaidscoalition.org/living.html).
Is currently pursuing a Health policy certificate, which he hopes to complete by the end of 2008, upon which Marco intends on working within the community in youth initiative programs to combat prevalence rates of youth MSM.
Marco speaks English, French and Portuguese, Moderate Mandarin and Spanish.
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