Fight Against HIV/AIDS: Sensitisation Materials Handed To Youths

On the instructions of the First Lady of Cameroon, Chantal Biya, Founding President of African Synergy Against AIDS and Suffering and UNAIDS Special Ambassador, the Executive Secretary of African Synergy, Jean Stéphane Biatcha handed information, education and sensitisation materials to some youth associations and secondary schools yesterday November 14, 2018 at the headquarters of the Pan-African NGO.

It was an occasion for the Executive Secretary of African Synergy to announce the 16th anniversary of the association created under the leadership of Mrs Chantal Biya on November 15, 2002 in Yaounde. “This is an opportunity to celebrate all-out mobilisation and advocate for accelerated efforts to eradicate AIDS as a threat to public health by the year 2030”, Jean Stéphane Biatcha noted.

In this light, African synergy in its traditional ceremony yesterday joined the national and international communities on the occasion of the 3rd Cameroonian month against AIDS and the celebration of the 30th World AIDS Day on December 1, 2018 to intensify HIV/AIDS sensitisation activities which primarily target young people between the ages of 14 to 24, who according to statistics are the main victims of the pandemic.

According to Jean Stéphane Bitacha, there is need to use youths in reversing the impact of the HIV pandemic which is ravaging their age group. As such, the Pan-African NGO handed amongst other things 40,000 male condoms, 12,000 female condoms, 10,000 HIV test kits, 500 HIV/AIDS sensitisation T-Shirts and 16,000 pins as well as materials youths are going to use to demonstrate the correct use of the female and male condoms.

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