Call to Boost HIV/AIDS Awareness in Africa

Abstract

Policymakers have reiterated the need for Africa to tackle HIV/AIDS by talking frankly about the disease in a bid to educate people. The call follows a meeting of ECA’s Commission on HIV/AIDS and Governance in Africa (CHGA) in Casablanca Morocco last week which drew over 100 participants. They discussed challenges caused by the pandemic on the continent and came up with a set of recommendations, which will be presented to African leaders and policymakers through a Final Report to be published later this year. The report will look at five specific areas including prevention and treatment, impact of HIV/AIDS on gender, HIV/AIDS and youth, human capacity, and financing the response to HIV/AIDS.