Malabo, 28-29-30 November 2022. As part of the celebration of World HIV/AIDS Day on December 1st, under the slogan EQUALITY NOW!  UNFPA Guinea Equatorial together with the NGO SOS Children's Villages, carried out several activities targeting schools and youth centers in Malabo, namely: Santa Rufina, Divino Pastor, Virgin Mary of Africa, y Dña. Teresa.

More than 500 young people and adolescents from the 3rd, 4th ESBA and 1st BACH levels received information and were sensitized on HIV/AIDS/STIs/Adolescent Pregnancy. IEC materials (brochures, banners and T-shirts) were distributed to all participants.

HIV-AIDS is a challenge that Equatoguineans have been facing for more than three decades. The Government of Equatorial Guinea, through the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, has allocated human and financial resources to implement, expand and optimize the fight against this epidemic. However, it is very difficult to implement a national response to prevent and control HIV/AIDS if it is analyzed in isolation at the health level without addressing the social norms and other underlying factors that prevent adolescent and youth, especially women and girls to protect themselves from HIV/AIDS.

The Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, as the governing body of health in the country, through the National Program to Combat HIV/AIDS/STI, together with UN agencies, such as the United Nations Population Fund- UNFPA, are joining action to achieve a greater impact, and to target young people aged 14 to 24 years. They are also engaging with NGOs to promote preventive actions through innovative, artistic and tailored approaches in the country.