2025/10/29 by ATCHOUA, N'Guessan Julien, BONGOUA, Ransome
#Communication #HIV/AIDS #Public Health #Resistance #Screening #Young People
paper · doi:10.71655/uvcibv.zp2t1-eg169
This paper looks into the burning issue of young people's social resistance to HIV/AIDS screening in Côte d'Ivoire though sensitization communication is undertaken. The current political scene seemingly makes national as well as international decision-makers forgetthe issueof HIV deliberate screening forIvorian population's medical well-being at the threshold of great electoral challenges of 2020. Through field investigation, the current study aims to identify forms and factors of social resistance to HIV/AIDS screening among young people whose age ranges from 15 to 49. Numerous social, psychological, religious and communicational setbacks are revealed by the study as reasons and display of such a resistance.