Josephine Nabukenya is a founder, leader, and dreamer. Born with HIV, she started using her voice as a child to fight stigma and raise awareness for people living with HIV.
Today she leads the Miles of Smiles Foundation, her way of paying forward and continuing to make a difference for children living with chronic disease.
Josephine has grown up with EGPAF. Starting a child attending Ariel Camps today she sits on the Board of Directors, leading the future of the organization and advocating for children living with HIV.
Josephine and her mother during their first visit to the US. EGPAF EGPAF Ambassador, Josephine Nabukenya, back at Capitol Hill to support PEPFAR reauthorization. Eric Bond/EGPAF 2017Josephine speaking at an event for Jewelers for Children, a long time supporter of EGPAF’s programs for children living with HIV. Jewelers for Children 2017.EGPAF Ambassadors Martha Cameron, Josephine Nabukenya, Maurine Murenga, Jake Glaser, and Brian Ahimbisibwe. EGPAF 2018 Josephine leading a session for World AIDS Day in Uganda. Josephine is part of a group of ‘Superstars’ who support peer leaders in their community. Eric Bond EGPAF 2018Josephine at a 2022 EGPAF Board Meeting. As a member of the Board of Directors, she helps guide the organization. Eric Bond/EGPAF 2022Josephine with the Miles of Smiles team celebrating the pre-lauch of the MOSmiles Health Application. Miles of Smiles 2023.
How did you start your career? Have you always focused on fighting for HIV? I did not plan to make HIV the focus of my medical career. But, as a young internal medicine resident, starting out in the late 1990s, it was inescapable. HIV was ravaging Kenya, where I am from, and many other countries across the African continent. The epidemic filled hospital wards; […]
This year was marked by disruptions, but we remained committed to our mission. Across Sub-Saharan Africa, EGPAF staff worked tirelessly to provide prevention, testing, care, and treatment services to children and their families.
In August 2020 in Blantyre, EGPAF-Malawi used Radio to broadcast information about a survey which will help EGPAF and the MOH respond to the COVID pandemic, especially for PLHIV. Photo by Prince Henderson / EGPAF 2020
Throughout 2025, EGPAF worked closely with journalists and media houses across the world to tell the story of the foreign aid cuts and the fight against pediatric HIV. Our experts, leaders, and clients acted as expert sources in a period of vast misinformation and confusion.
