World AIDS Day Commemoration (4 December 2024)

Join the Cape Medical Museum and the Cape Town Museum for a World AIDS Day event that focuses on young boys and their sexual health. Intended for boys between the ages of 13-17 years, the theme of the event is “Conversations with a Boy Child”.

 The purpose of the day is to:

• Raise awareness of the HIV/AIDS pandemic

• Raise awareness of ways to prevent sexually transmitted infections (STIs)

• Promote sexual health among boys

• Discuss teenage pregnancy and boys’ role in it

• Discuss issues that boys face as they start their journey to becoming sexually active.

The Programme is as follows:

• Opening and welcoming - Tsepelang Kose (MC)

• Ice breaker - Cape Town Museumt/Cape Medical Museum staff

• Purpose of the day - Bongiwe Maliwa

• Introduction of guests - MC

• Guest speaker - Nurse from Greenpoint Clinic

• Q & A Session

• Guest speaker  - Silumko Makonxa (Men's Clinic)

• Q & A Session

• Closing remarks from the floor

• Vote of thanks – Bongiwe Maliwa

Event Details:

Date: Wednesday, December 4 2024

Time: 12h00 – 14h00

Location: Cape Medical Museum - Old City Hospital Complex. Portswood Road, Green Point

To attend, please RSVP to Bongiwe Maliwa Bongiwe.Maliwa@westerncape.gov.za