Zhou Kai

Policy and Strategy Adviser

Dr Zhou Kai joined UNAIDS China Office in 2006. She has rich experience in supporting the government, the private sector, civil society organizations, and international collaboration partners to participate in AIDS response in China. She provided policy advice and recommendations for the development and implementation of the Five-year Action Plan on AIDS of China; promoted the capacity building of community-based organizations; provided technical support for the initiatives of elimination of mother-to-child transmission of HIV; and advocated for strengthening HIV prevention among young people and addressing stigma and discrimination toward people living with and affected by HIV. 

Dr Zhou Kai manages global health and South-South Cooperation programmes to assist China in positioning HIV in its global health diplomacy platforms such as the FOCAC, Belt and Road Initiative, BRICS and in the wider context of Universal Health Coverage. She also uses her expertise to contribute to China-Africa health collaboration by promoting access to HIV-related medicines and health commodities in Africa.

Before joining UNAIDS, Dr Zhou Kai worked for the National Center of AIDS and STD Prevention and Control, Chinese Center for Disease Control, and the Institute of Child and Adolescent Health, Peking University Health Science Center. She was the programme manager of China Integrated Programmes for Research on AIDS supported by NIH. She has more than 10-year working experience on child and adolescent health. She was associate professor and received doctorate degree on medicine from the Peking University Health Science Center. She was engaged in fellowship training in Department of Epidemiology of University of California Los Angeles, USA.