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        Mum Habsatt Mahmoudin with her five-year-old daughter Fatouma
        News
        24 April 2024

        World Malaria Day 2024: Progress in reducing disease is 'at a standstill'

        The theme of World Malaria Day 2024 is, “Accelerating the fight against malaria for a more equitable world."
        Denise Dusabe, Vice Mayor of Social Affairs in Gisagara district, presents at an HIV/AIDS prevention and family planning event organized by Concern Rwanda. Five local teams participated in a soccer championship, with government representatives presenting both speeches and prizes. Local health center staff also offered voluntary HIV testing, distributed free condoms, and helped couples with selecting appropriate family planning methods.
        Story
        1 December 2023

        World AIDS Day 2023: millions of vulnerable people still without access to antiretroviral treatment

        39 million people globally were living with HIV at the end of 2022 and 630,000 people died from AIDS-related illnesses last year.
        Distribution of kits of mosquito repellent ointment
        Story
        25 April 2023

        Concern's efforts to combat malaria in vulnerable communities

        On World Malaria Day 2023, we examine how malaria continues to affect the world's poorest communities and our efforts to combat a preventable, curable but life threatening disease.
        Rwamico team, one of the five local teams that participated at HIV/AIDS prevention awareness campaign in Rwanda
        Story
        28 November 2022

        How Concern is marking World AIDS Day 2022

        In 2022, someone still dies from AIDS every minute.
        40 years on, women and girls most impacted - the face of HIV in 2021 is an adolescent girl.
        Story
        30 November 2021

        Gender inequality - leaving women and girls more vulnerable to HIV and AIDS

        40 years on, women and girls most impacted - the face of HIV in 2021 is an adolescent girl.
        A laboratory carrying our research into HIV and AIDS.
        Story
        1 December 2020

        The fight against the HIV epidemic continues alongside COVID-19

        While the global focus is on COVID-19, the battle against HIV and AIDS continues. On World Aids Day, Concern's Senior Health Advisor Breda Gahan reflects on a virus that has claimed the lives of over 32 million people. 
        Community Health Volunteer Isabelle writing up her notes in Mukuru Health Centre in Kenya. Photo: Jennifer Nolan / Concern Worldwide.
        News
        29 November 2019

        Communities come together on World AIDS Day 2019

        Having claimed more than 32 million lives since the beginning of the epidemic in the early 1980s, HIV continues to be a major global issue.
        World AIDS Day is on 1 December every year. Its objective is to raise awareness of the AIDS pandemic caused by the spread of HIV infection.
        News
        30 November 2018

        What is World AIDS Day and why does it matter?

        Concern’s Global Health & HIV and AIDS Programme Adviser Breda Gahan explains why remembering World AIDS Day remains as important as ever.
        Irish AIDS Day
        News
        15 June 2018

        36 years responding: Irish AIDS Day

        On Irish AIDS Day, remember HIV transmission is not over. Find out about prevention, effective treatment, and Concern’s international approach, especially in Africa.

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