Hundreds of students below 15 years took the test for the first time on October 14, 2015.
Numerous HIV/AIDS campaigns over the years have raised awareness among young people. However, an increasing number of children are now victims of the disease that is known to be transmitted mostly through sexual intercourse. It is for this reason that the Cameroonian Association for Social Marketing, ACMS, which seeks to fight the pandemic in youth between 15 and 24 years, organised a free and voluntary HIV/AIDS screening in Lycée Joss, Douala.
It was to enable students know their status and take action. The exercise, under the aegis of “Forum régional des jeunes de la Cemac en lutte contre le sida,” Prejes, saw the screening of hundreds of students less than 15 years old. Most of them who took the test for the first time had no fright in them since they were counselled before screening.
