HIV/AIDS education participation by the African community.

Africans United to Control AIDS, an HIV/AIDS community-based programme, is described. The project goal is to increase HIV/AIDS awareness among the African community in Metropolitan Toronto within a culturally appropriate context. A brief overview of African immigration to Canada is presented. Community participation, programme activities, outreach strategies and education sessions are discussed. Outreach strategies include the development of education materials and media contacts. The section on education sessions includes the preparation, delivery and evaluation of these sessions, and subjects such as misconceptions, marriage, sexuality, confidentiality, basic HIV/AIDS information, condoms, homophobia, use of videos. Success, failures, barriers to HIV/AIDS education and overcoming these barriers are discussed throughout this article.