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As we commemorate World AIDS Day 2025 (WAD 2025), AJAN presents this Special Edition as a reflection on faith, resilience, and collective responsibility across the Jesuit network in Africa and Madagascar. This moment invites us to pause, to look honestly at the challenges before us, and to rekindle the hope

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As part of the World AIDS Day 2025 Commemoration, St. Maximillian Kolbe Catholic Church, Naivasha Prison (command), Kenya hosted a two-day Youth Seminar on HIV and AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) on 9th and 10th December 2025. The seminar brought together 24 young people in a safe and engaging

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World AIDS Day 2025 (WAD 2025) arrives at a moment of both possibility and peril, and the official theme, Overcoming Disruption, Transforming the AIDS Response, highlights the severe disruptions caused by abrupt funding cuts, political instability, and the resurgence of punitive laws. In honor of this significant day, the Jesuit

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As part of its World AIDS Day 2025 programming, Radio Kwizera hosted a morning discussion with Dr. Jafari Nawabu, the District Medical Officer for Kasulu District in the Kigoma region, Tanzania. The conversation focused on the crucial role of self-awareness and personal responsibility in preventing HIV and AIDS—key pillars in

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To commemorate World AIDS Day 2025, learners and educators at the Centre Monseigneur Munzihirwa, (CMM), Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) gathered for an engaging and insightful discussion with Dr. Hugues Matwo, focusing on the vital role of education, community involvement, and stigma reduction in ending the HIV/AIDS epidemic.

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Despite the lack of funding for this year’s World AIDS Day commemoration, the Centre Saint Ignace in Kinshasa, in collaboration with AJAN and the Christian Life Community (CVX), ensured that the day did not go unnoticed. Thanks to the generosity of Father Augustin, Parish Priest of Saint Augustine in Lemba,

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At the occasion of this year’s World AIDS Day, Action Sociale Chéché, in partnership with the NGO Action for Peace and Women Professional Development, APWPD, organized a conference on HIV/AIDS with the theme: Youth facing HIV/AIDS: prevention, awareness and taking control. The conference was organized to raise awareness among the

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To mark World AIDS Day on 1st December 2025, the Centre Catholique Universitaire (CCU), in Central Africa Repulic (CAR) brought together all peer educators for a powerful and awareness-raising activity. The aim of this gathering was to raise collective awareness of the ongoing reality of HIV and AIDS and to

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World AIDS Day, observed every year on December 1, is dedicated to awareness-raising, mobilization, and solidarity, while also serving as a reminder that prevention efforts, as well as the fight against stigma, must be strengthened. In Madagascar, December 1, 2025, was marked by an official ceremony organized by the PNLS

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“Overcoming Disruption, Transforming the AIDS Response” World AIDS Day 2025 finds us at a crossroads. Just as AJAN begins to rise, reimagine its future, and restructure its foundations to stand firm in a fragile and unpredictable world, the ground shifts beneath its feet. Funding for the fight against HIV and

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