Jean Paul Enama

Jean Paul Enama is a Cameroonian queer activist living with HIV. He is the executive director of Humanity First Cameroon Plus, a community-based organization working to defend the rights and improve the health of sexual minorities in Cameroon.

Jean Paul holds a master’s degree in public health and is currently enrolled in another online master’s degree at the University of Dundee, where is studying infection prevention and control on a Commonwealth Scholarship.

Since 2011 Jean Paul has been engaged in the fight against HIV/AIDS within the community of men who have sex with men. He is a member of the Community Delegation on the Board of The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.

Jean Paul has been advocating for equal access to health for key populations, especially within the country operational plans in Cameroon of the President’s Emergency Plan For AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). He strongly believes that ending HIV will require greater involvement of communities, especially of those living with HIV.