Event details
- Date: Monday, December 1, 2025
- Time: 08:00 – 15:00
- Venue: YGOPH – HIV Care & Treatment Centre (CTA) and outreach points, Ngousso
- Cost: Free
- For: Adolescents, adults, couples, pregnant women and parents
- Status: Completed
Quick contact
Event overview:
An HIV test is quick and confidential, and knowing your status is the first step towards staying healthy. People who test positive can start treatment straight away, and with regular treatment they can live long, healthy lives and protect their partners and children.
On World AIDS Day, 1 December 2025, the team of our Approved HIV Treatment Centre (CTA) offered free testing and counselling at the hospital entrance and at outreach points in the Ngousso neighbourhood, and held talks for adolescents and couples. Pregnant women were reminded that testing during antenatal care, followed by treatment if needed, can prevent HIV from being passed to the baby.
Everyone whose result was positive was offered same-day counselling and an appointment at our CTA to begin treatment, which is free under Cameroon’s national programme. Parents were also reminded that babies born to mothers living with HIV need early testing and regular follow-up, which our CTA provides.
Highlights
Free, confidential testing
Rapid HIV tests with results in minutes and private counselling.
Testing in the community
Outreach points brought testing closer to people who rarely visit a hospital.
Protecting babies
Information on preventing transmission during pregnancy and breastfeeding.
Link to care
Same-day referral to our CTA for anyone needing treatment.
Programme
- 08:00 – Testing points open: Testing and counselling at the hospital entrance and at the CTA.
- 09:00 – Community outreach: A mobile team offered testing and information in the Ngousso neighbourhood.
- 10:30 – Talk for adolescents: Prevention, testing and living with HIV, in a youth-friendly setting.
- 13:00 – Couples’ counselling: Couples were tested together and received advice on prevention.
- 15:00 – Close: Final referrals and appointments booked at the CTA.
Who should attend?
- Anyone who does not know their HIV status
- Pregnant and breastfeeding women and their partners
- Adolescents and young adults
- Couples planning a family
Practical information
- Venue: HIV Care & Treatment Centre (CTA), main entrance of YGOPH and outreach points in Ngousso.
- When: Monday 1 December 2025, 08:00 – 15:00.
- Cost: Free and confidential.
- Register: No registration was needed.
What was achieved
Many people took the opportunity to learn their HIV status, some of them for the first time, and received clear information on prevention. Those who needed care were linked the same day to our CTA, which provides treatment and follow-up for children, adolescents and adults living with HIV.
Questions & answers
Is HIV testing available at YGOPH all year?
Yes. Testing and counselling are available at our CTA on weekdays, and free testing is offered to every pregnant woman as part of antenatal care.
Will my result be kept confidential?
Yes. Testing and counselling are strictly confidential, and your result is shared only with you.