Organisation Pan Africaine de Lutte contre le SIDA - OPALS / Pan African Organisation for the Fight against AIDS

OPALS (Pan African Organization for the fight against AIDS) is a non profit international solidarity medical organization independent of any political or religious affiliation. OPALS is active in countries and among populations without discrimination of any kind, be it on the basis of sex, ethnic group, political, religious, cultural or other affiliation.

OPALS acts in the name of the right to health care, respect for the fundamental rights of human beings and the international convention on the rights of the child.

OPALS’ objective is to improve the health of populations, especially for the Mother and Child, in the world at large and in Africa in particular.

OPALS (Pan African Organization for the fight against AIDS) was created in 1988 by physicians dedicated to the fight against HIV/AIDS since the emergence of the epidemic. The association aimed to put the treatments available in the north, at the disposal of the south. To do this, the establishment of a network of Outpatient Treatment Centre (CTA) was initiated in 1994 in Brazzaville (Congo).

1998: CTA are among the first structures to deliver triple antiretroviral treatment (ART) in Africa.