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Friends in deed – preventing HIV through peer education in South African schools

Friends in deed – preventing HIV through peer education in South African schools

Authors: Catherine Campbell; Catherine MacPhail; London School of Economics, UK
Publisher: id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002

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HIV is rampant among young people in South Africa, despite sound knowledge about sexual health risks. Levels of perceived vulnerability among this group are low and unprotected sex is common. Researchers from the London School of Economics studied a participatory programme seeking to empower young people to change gender norms as an HIV prevention strategy.

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