aima ahonkhai

Physician-scientist. Advancing healthy equity. Local to global impact. Founder Cutting Out Stigma. Harvard/Mass General Brigham. Media spots NPR, PBS, etc.

[aima ahonkhai @aimaMDMPH]

Grateful for the recognition & the for community doing this work. 💈

@CuttingOutStigma is about shifting where health happens and to whom it is entrusted.

From the barbershop to the Garden… we’re just getting started.

@MGBResearchNews @harvardmed @HIVMA @KGA75

[Noa Dalzell 🏀 @NoaDalzell]

Tonight’s Hero Among Us is Dr. Aima Ahonkhai who founded a community-based initiative to reduce HIV/AIDS stigma

[aima ahonkhai @aimaMDMPH]

@NoaDalzell Thank you, @noadalzell! Grateful for you highlighting this work and the barbers and communities who make it possible. 💈

[aima ahonkhai @aimaMDMPH]

@HarvardCFAR @tncfar @massgeneralid @MGBResearchNews @MassGeneralNews

[aima ahonkhai @aimaMDMPH]

Thank you, @JackSimoneNBA. This was a powerful moment to stand in. Our barbers answered the call to support their communities and to advance health in the spaces where trust lives. 💈

#HealthEquity #PublicHealth #CuttingOutStigma #EndHIV #MensHealth #MentalWellness

[Jack Simone @JackSimoneNBA]

Celtics’ Heroes Among Us tonight:

Dr. Aima Ahonkhai

Founded a community-based initiative to reduce HIV/AIDS stigma and trained barbers as health and wellness ambassadors.

[aima ahonkhai @aimaMDMPH]

@HarvardCFAR @tncfar @massgeneralid @MGBResearchNews @MassGeneralNews

[aima ahonkhai @aimaMDMPH]

Truly grateful to the @celtics for this recognition. It reflects the commitment of barbers and communities showing up for one another and for health every day. This is what health equity looks like 💈.
#HealthEquity #CommunityHealth #HIVStigma #EndHIV #HeroesAmongUs

[Boston Celtics @celtics]

Today’s @IBEW103 & @necaboston #HeroAmongUs founded a community-based initiative to reduce the stigma around HIV/AIDS. Dr. Aima Ahonkhai trains barbers as health and mental-wellness ambassadors, and continues to champion community environments as hubs for healing.

[aima ahonkhai @aimaMDMPH]

Barbers are trusted messengers.
And trust is the foundation of effective public health.
We've seen this model work, and now we're scaling.

[aima ahonkhai @aimaMDMPH]

What makes PEERNaija unique?
📅 Tailored, daily medication reminders
🎮 Earn points & climb the leaderboard
🤝🏾 Friendly competition to boost motivation
🏆 Monthly lottery prizes for leaderboard leaders
🌐 Virtual peer support
📞 Early outreach
Read more!
https://t.co/lpOoadxpsQ

[aima ahonkhai @aimaMDMPH]

Youth living with HIV face challenges with medication adherence, leading to high rates of virologic failure. 💊 Enter PEERNaija—a gamified mobile health app designed to make staying on track easier and more engaging! 🎮 Thanks to the NIH we can innovate for health. #mhealth #NIH

[aima ahonkhai @aimaMDMPH]

Thanks USA today for checking the facts with me & other HIV experts… HIV is preventable with PrEP and treatable with antiretroviral medication. Lenacapavir does not cure HIV!
#cuttingoutstigma #hivawareness #usatoday
https://t.co/fxpqvWvcfl

[aima ahonkhai @aimaMDMPH]

Join us tonight to discuss Cutting Out Stigma—turning TN barbershops into hubs for men’s health by training Black barbers as Men’s Health Ambassadors. We’re fostering wellness and breaking down HIV stigma. #CuttingOutStigma #MensHealth #HIVAwareness
https://t.co/4pzwEmYYNe

[aima ahonkhai @aimaMDMPH]

Join us for an inspiring talk on the role of community-engaged research in advancing health equity! Discover how informed partnerships can transform what we know, how we act, and how we amplify urgent public health priorities.
https://t.co/pNUWZMcVyu

[aima ahonkhai @aimaMDMPH]

Thank you @divadocsbos for welcoming me into this safe & fabulous space!

[DIVA DOCS BOSTON @divadocsbos]

On this beautiful fall day, six #BlackWomenDoctors,-2 internists, 2 pediatricians, 1 infectious disease doc & 1 pulmonologist met for brunch. We talked about life, politics & how important it is for us to lean on each other. Having a safe space to talk with your tribe--priceless!

[DIVA DOCS BOSTON @divadocsbos]

On this beautiful fall day, six #BlackWomenDoctors,-2 internists, 2 pediatricians, 1 infectious disease doc & 1 pulmonologist met for brunch. We talked about life, politics & how important it is for us to lean on each other. Having a safe space to talk with your tribe--priceless!

[aima ahonkhai @aimaMDMPH]

@EbeleUmeukeje @VUMChealth Yes! Yes! & Yes!!

[aima ahonkhai @aimaMDMPH]

Recently attended an inspiring #HBAS Global Change Makers Conference! So energized by friends and fellow #Harvard alumni making a difference. A standout moment: Hill Harper's insight on avoiding fear-based choices. Here’s to living our BIGGEST lives!

[Harvard CFAR @HarvardCFAR]

Thank you @aimaMDMPH for showing us how resourceful and invaluable a community and its professional workers can be in reducing #HIVStigma👍👍👇👇

[aima ahonkhai @aimaMDMPH]

Community Health Workers (CHWs) are frontline professionals with deep ties to their communities. Happy CHW Awareness Week! 🎉 Follow our #CuttingOutStigma campaign as we train TN barbers as CHWs to tackle health disparities in HIV and Black Men's health!#HIVAwareness #CHW

[aima ahonkhai @aimaMDMPH]

@NASAdoc This is infuriating. Along with the messages from editors suggesting professional editing for grammar when authors do not have Eurocentric names!

[aima ahonkhai @aimaMDMPH]

@EbeleUmeukeje @VUMC_Medicine Congratulations @EbeleUmeukeje !!! So well deserved!