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Brazilian football legend Pelé joined Gabon’s “CAN without AIDS” Campaign
Brazilian football legend Pelé joined Gabon’s “CAN without AIDS” Campaign
15 February 2012|
On 10 February 2012, Brazilian football legend Pelé took thousands of young people by storm during a beach soccer tournament organized in Gabon alongside the 2012 Coupe d’Afrique des Nations (or “CAN”). After the tournament, “O Rei” Pelé joined President Ali Bongo Ondimba of Gabon and the First Lady at a beach event organized as part of the “CAN without AIDS” campaign.
“CAN without AIDS”: reaching youth with HIV prevention messages at the Africa Cup of Nations football tournament
25 January 2012|
UNAIDS Executive Director Michel Sidibé travelled to the West African nation of Gabon on 23 January to lend his support to an innovative campaign launched by the Sylvia Bongo Ondimba Foundation—a charitable organization run by Gabon’s First Lady.
Understanding HIV transmission for an improved AIDS response in West Africa
03 December 2008|
On the opening day of International Conference on AIDS and STIs in Africa (ICASA), taking place in Mali under the theme “Africa’s Response: Face the facts,” the World Bank launched a new report exploring the character of the HIV epidemics and responses in countries in West Africa.

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