An AIDS-free generation is within reach. This session features African governments, civil society and youth activists discussing why new targets on sexuality education and adolescent health are necessary, how we can build support for this agenda amid growing opposition and what steps they are taking to get countries back on track post COVID-19. Every week, 4200 girls and women aged 15-24 in Sub-Saharan Africa acquire HIV. Each one of these infections could be prevented if young people had accurate information about how HIV is transmitted, alongside the services they need to make safe and empowered choices. COVID-19 has further exacerbated the challenges, closing clinics, keeping girls out of school and driving up the economic hardship that can make adolescent girls and young women more vulnerable to HIV infection. Efforts to improve adolescent SRHR are being met with vocal and well-coordinated opposition. Funded by US-based Conservative groups, campaigns are mislabelling comprehensive sexuality education as a western import, that's "pro-promiscuity" and "anti-family". The renewal of the Eastern and Southern African Ministerial Commitment and the up-coming West and Central African Commitment for Educated, Healthy and Thriving Adolescents and Young People together provide a unique opportunity for governments to champion adolescent health and education. Discussion during this event, will explore how we can leverage these new Commitments to realise our shared vision of an AIDS free future.