Tristan Troby holds a Master in Sociology and a Bachelor in Market economy, and he has studied Epidemiology, Immunology, and Infectious Diseases. He is also authorised to train leaders on Pedagogical methods for dialogue, conflict resolution, and behavioural change.

 

In the end of 1988, Tristan was involved in school information directed towards pupils and students concerning sexual health, and of course HIV and AIDS. During 1990 he intensified the work on HIV prevention and was given more and more responsibilities. The work consisted of project management, information managements and from 1994 Tristan was coordinating the prevention activities within the municipality of Gothenburg, the second largest city in Sweden. The health sector, authorities, and NGOs were trained, and strategy work was created and developed to meet the threat of the pandemic. Tristan represented the Municipality of Gothenburg in Multi-City Action Plan on AIDS (MCAP on AIDS), a WHO project working on HIV prevention in 16 other European cities. The aim of this project was to set strategically minimum standards for the prevention work in the cities respectively.

Tristan is experienced in the field of Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights (SRHR) and issues regarding sexuality and sexual orientation. In 2004-2006 Tristan was working for the Museum of World Cultures, with an exhibition, No Name Fever – AIDS in Times of Globalization. The work consisted of developing and running educational programs and arranging seminars and conferences on the subject.

 

Tristan continued his international career founding PEER Somali Network, an HIV prevention programme, coordinating 15 NGOs working on local prevention in Somalia and Somaliland. Parallel to this work, he was project manager for PEER Belarus, and was involved in projects and training in Romania, Nepal, and various places in Sweden.

 

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