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Zimbabwe to host the 22nd Edition of International Conference on AIDS and STIs in Africa (ICASA) from 4th to 9th December 2023

From left(Front): Dr. Bernard Madzima, CEO of NAC assisting Hon. Dr. David Pagwesese Parirenyatwa, SAA/ICASA 2023 President, with H.E. Dr. C. G.D.N. Chiwenga, Vice President and Minister of Health and Childcare/ICASA 2023 Vice President, Zimbabwe, being assisted by Air Commodore (Dr.) Jasper Chimedza, Permanent Secretary for Ministry of Health...

SAA/WHO Regional Office for Africa Webinar on Emerging Viral Infections and Diseases: Focus on the Monkeypox Virus

OVERVIEW Monkeypox is a zoonosis: a disease that is transmitted from animals to humans. Cases are often found close to tropical rainforests where there are animals that carry the virus. Evidence of monkeypox virus infection has been found in animals including squirrels, Gambian poached rats, dormice, different species of monkeys...

SAA/WHO AFRO ADOLESCENT, YOUTH AND HIV WEBINAR

According to the UNAIDS 2018 Report on adolescents, Youth and HIV, the world is home to more young people (ages 15-24 years old) now than at any other time in history. Simultaneously, the world committed for the first time in 2015 to a universal agenda for sustainable development of...

ICASA Director/SAA Coordinator, Mr. Luc Armand Bodea, meets with Stakeholders in preparation for Blood donation exercise to commemorate the 2022 World AIDS Day Celebration

The Society for AIDS in Africa (SAA) has decided to organise a blood donation drive in commemoration of World AIDS Day 2022 in Accra, Ghana. This is because the Permanent Secretariat of the Society for AIDS in Africa is based in Accra, Ghana. SAA is doing this blood donation...

ICASA Director speaks at the AIDS 2022: Let’s walk the talk session on Youth Key Populations in Healthcare.

Venue: Global Village/Youth Pavilion AIDS 2022, Montreal, Canada Session: Let’s walk the talk session on Youth Key Populations in healthcare Theme: Honey, you have forgotten about young key populations in healthcare settings. Today 1st of August 2022 in Montreal, I have the honour to address the youth Key population session titled ‘’ Let’s...