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Change, choice and power: young women, livelihoods and HIV prevention
United Nations Population Fund, 2007The urgency of addressing the vulnerability of young women and adolescent girls of all backgrounds, but particularly the poor, cannot be over stated. Innovative, far-reaching and rapid responses are needed to impact whole generations so that the Millennium Development Goals to reduce poverty can be within reach.DocumentFor goodness sake!: Asia-Pacific faith-based organizations battle HIV/AIDS
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, 2003This chapter, from the book HIV/AIDS Prevention, Care and Support: Stories from the Community, examines the response to HIV and AIDS of faith-based organisations in the Asia-Pacific region. The paper explores the range of activities these organisations have undertaken.DocumentUsing global media to reach youth: the 2002 MTV Staying Alive campaign
YouthNet, Family Health International, 2006This paper, published by YouthNet, examines the effects of a 2002 media campaign aiming to increase awareness of HIV and AIDS, encourage prevention behaviour, reduce HIV-related stigma and discrimination, and to empower young people to take action. The campaign was conducted using the international television network MTV.DocumentThe impact on condom use of the “100% Jeune” social marketing program in Cameroon
Journal of Adolescent Health, 2004This article, published in the Journal of Adolescent Health, examines the impact of a social marketing programme designed to improve sexual and reproductive health amongst young people in two cities in Cameroon. The programme aimed to promote consistent condom use and encourage discussion about sexual health issues through both mass media and interpersonal communication.DocumentHIV/AIDS prevention and care among especially vulnerable young people: a framework for action
Safe Passages to Adulthood, 2004This guide, published jointly by Safe Passages to Adulthood and the World Health Organization, reviews the evidence and identifies priority issues surrounding prevention and care of HIV and AIDS amongst especially vulnerable young people including migrants and refugees, homeless people, injecting drug users, sex workers, men who have sex with men, and girls forced to have sex.The authors highlDocumentIntegrating efforts to prevent HIV, other STIs, and pregnancy among teens in developing countries: three case studies
Advocates for Youth, 2005This paper, published by Advocates for Youth, discusses integrated approaches to preventing HIV, other sexually transmitted infections (STIs), and unintended pregnancy among people under the age of 25, drawing on case studies from Madagascar, Nicaragua, and Cameroon.DocumentQualitative evidence on adolescents’ views of sexual and reproductive health in sub-Saharan Africa
Alan Guttmacher Institute, 2005This study examines how young people in sub-Saharan Africa view sexual and reproductive health issues. It also explores what they think about sources of sexual and reproductive health information and services.DocumentInvolving young people in the care and support of people living with HIV/AIDS in Zambia
Horizons, 2004This study, from the Horizons programme, examines the potential of trained members of anti-AIDS clubs to contribute to care, support and stigma-reduction activities and attempts to determine the impact of their involvement in these activities on HIV-related beliefs and behaviours.DocumentThe less they know, the better: abstinence-only HIV/AIDS programs in Uganda
Human Rights Watch, 2005This Human Rights Watch report finds that United States (U.S.) funded organisations are scaling up programmes in Uganda that promote sexual abstinence and fidelity within heterosexual marriage to the exclusion of all other HIV prevention strategies. These programmes, the report argues, deprive young people of life-saving information.DocumentTechniques and practices for local responses to HIV/AIDS: A UNAIDS toolkit
Royal Tropical Institute, 2004This toolkit, produced by the Royal Tropical Institute (KIT) for UNAIDS, documents the experiences of communities around the world in dealing with HIV and AIDS. Its objective is to help strengthen the capacity and competence of different actors working in HIV and AIDS at the local level to help foster effective responses.Pages
