Dr. Kityo is a public health specialist and epidemiologist with over 29 years of experience in HIV/AIDS care and treatment and research. She is among the pioneers of antiretroviral therapy use in sub-Saharan Africa from 1992 and has been at the forefront of scaling up care and treatment since 2003. As member of the AIDS Taskforce in Uganda and previously a chair for the AIDS Clinical Care Subcommittee, she was involved in planning and writing the first strategic plan for a national program to increase access to care and ARVs and the national ARV policy. She has overseen USAID/PEPFAR funded programs to scale up HIV treatment and strengthen health systems for the delivery of care for the last 18 years. From 2020, Cissy catalyzed the alliance of experts in gene therapy to bridge the existing gaps. The Global Gene Therapy Initiative (GGTI) was subsequently formed to tackle the barriers to LMIC inclusion in gene therapy development.