HIV/AIDS Updates - AJAN

AIDS 2026: Renewing Hope Through Responsible Choices, Prevention, and Solidarity

Dennis Owuoche — Thu, 30 Jul 2026 12:34:46 +0000

As the global community gathered in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, for the 26th International AIDS Conference (27–31 July 2026), the latest UNAIDS report serves as both a reminder of the remarkable progress made against HIV and a warning that those gains remain fragile. For the African Jesuit AIDS Network (AJAN),

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AJAN at 23rd ICASA, Accra 2025

Ismael Matambura — Sun, 01 Feb 2026 08:56:05 +0000

ICASA, a Moment of redesigning tools and Strategies in response to AIDS, TB and Malaria for a Healthier Continent. Introduction: Conference overview. The 23rd International Conference on AIDS and STIs in Africa (ICASA), organised biennially by the Society for AIDS in Africa (SAA), took place from 3 to 8 December

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The 2025 UNAIDS Global AIDS Report: A Crisis That Calls for Courage and Global Solidarity

Dennis Owuoche — Wed, 16 Jul 2025 09:40:16 +0000

On July 10, UNAIDS launched its 2025 Global AIDS Update, titled “AIDS, Crisis and the Power to Transform.” The report issues a stark warning: a historic funding crisis now threatens to reverse decades of hard-won progress in the global HIV response, unless countries, communities, and partners act decisively to reshape

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Lenacapavir Explained: A Breakthrough in HIV Prevention Medicine

Ismael Matambura — Wed, 25 Jun 2025 09:50:39 +0000

Nearly 40 million people live with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, according to estimates from the World Health Organization. Each year, 1.3 million more people are newly diagnosed. Worldwide, the WHO estimates that roughly 31 million people take antiretroviral medications to prevent further transmission of the virus. A newly

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UNAIDS 2024 Report Highlights Critical HIV Disparity Among Young Women in Sub-Saharan Africa

Dennis Owuoche — Thu, 01 Aug 2024 07:05:41 +0000

A new report released by UNAIDS in the month of July shows that the HIV incidence among adolescent girls and young women (ages 15-24) is alarmingly more than three times higher than that among their male counterparts in many countries in sub-Saharan Africa. This stark disparity, revealed in the UNAIDS

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Staggering Progress, Across Women’s, Children’s, and Adolescents’ Health- AJAN’s call is to Rise, Respond and Reach Out

Ismael Matambura — Tue, 01 Nov 2022 09:03:08 +0000

In the latest Data released by the United Nations in its report on Women’s, Children’s, and Adolescents’ Health, there is a backslide which shows that an estimated 25 million children were un- or under-vaccinated in 2021 – 6 million more than in 2019 – increasing their risk of contracting deadly

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The Webinar on Adolescents, Youth and HIV Raised Issues, Challenges and lessons learned on pro-active steps in engaging the youth on matters of HIV Infection, Sexual Reproductive Health, and Gender Based Violence

Ismael Matambura — Fri, 30 Sep 2022 08:55:59 +0000

The SAA/WHO AFRO ADOLESCENT, YOUTH AND HIV WEBINAR held on September 22 inspired young people and those working together with young people including all the centers affiliated to African Jesuits AIDS network (AJAN) to get out of their comfort zone and to try new roles in engaging young people to

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Primary school boys having sex, but not getting HIV tests – NACC

Dennis Owuoche — Mon, 15 Nov 2021 06:27:18 +0000

This year, 1,473 young people aged 10 to 19 years have died from untreated HIV, which progressed to Aids In Summary Children are already having sex and exposing themselves to HIV and there was no need to ignore that – Ruth Masha. National Council for Population and Development director in

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