Breaking the Disruption Cycle in HIV Interventions in Africa and the Global South - Ensuring Continuity in All Circumstances
AFRIHEALTH OPTONET ASSOCIATION (AHOA) 2025 World AIDS Day Civil Society Symposium 25 November 2025 TOPIC: Breaking the Disruption Cycle in HIV Interventions in Africa and the Global South - Ensuring Continuity in All Circumstances OPENING STATEMENT BY: Dr. Uzodinma Adirieje CEO/PR, Afrihealth Optonet Association (AHOA) President, African Network of Civil Society Organizations (ANCSO) Distinguished colleagues, partners, leaders, and change agents across the world— On behalf of the entire leadership and member organizations of Afrihealth Optonet Association (AHOA), I welcome you to this special event. Today, as we commemorate the 2025 World AIDS Day, we gather under a moral and strategic imperative: to break, decisively and permanently, the persistent cycle of disruptions that continue to undermine HIV responses in Africa and the Global South. These disruptions—whether driven by conflict, pandemics, econ...