Bata from November 28 to December 1, 2022.

The UNFPA Country Office in Equatorial Guinea and the NGO SOS Children's Villages, in the framework of the celebration of World AIDS Day, December 1st, whose theme this year has been "EQUALITY NOW", have organized several information and awareness sessions on HIV/AIDS/STIs aimed at adolescents and young people in four schools (INES Ndjong Melen, INES Carlos Lwanga, INES Padre Sialo and INES Padre Sialo), organized several information and awareness-raising sessions on HIV/AIDS/STI aimed at adolescents and young people in four schools (INES Ndjong Melen, INES Carlos Lwanga, INES Padre Sialo and INES Padre Luis Monti), the SOS Children's Villages orphan boarding school, and at the SOS health center that serves most of the young people in the city of Bata.

A total of 262 adolescents and young people of both sexes and secondary school level (ESBA) participated in these activities and were sensitized and informed on the issue of HIV/AIDS/STIs/unwanted pregnancies, of which 120 boys, representing 45.80%, and 142 girls, representing 54.20%, where different IEC material, consisting of T-shirts and information brochures on the subject of HIV/AIDS/STIs were distributed to the participants.

The information and awareness sessions on HIV/AIDS/STIs/END were mainly based on: prevention, transmission, stigma and discrimination against people living with HIV, prevention of early teenage pregnancies, responsible sexuality, sexual rights, and the reduction of inequalities.

To stop the spread of HIV infection among adolescents and young people in the country, the government, through the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare in its National Program to Combat HIV/AIDS/STIs, Non-Governmental Organizations, and Development Partners, are joining efforts in the fight against HIV, in order to prevent new infections among young people aged 14 to 24 years.