Public and Professional Service
Whiteside contributes to international policy through engagement with governments, the UN system and donors. He is on the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative's Policy Advisory Committee, SIDA/Norad Regional AIDS Team Reference Group, and International AIDS Society Governing Council (he is the Treasurer).
He is a member of the Waterford Kamhlaba (a United World College) Governing Council and the Young Heroes Board in Swaziland, and a Trustee of the Waterford School Trust and a Patron of the Temba Trust.
Whiteside is a member of the Academy of Science of South Africa
Between 2003 and 2006 he was appointed by Kofi Annan to the Commission on HIV/AIDS and Governance in Africa and is Treasurer of the International AIDS Society Governing Council
Whiteside serves on the editorial boards of several journals, including:
- Editorial Board of the African Journal of AIDS Research
- International Advisory Editorial Board of Development Policy Review
- Editorial Board of Globalisation and Health
- Editorial Board of the Journal of the International AIDS Society
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