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  Teacher training: essential for school-based reproductive health and HIV/AIDS education: focus on sub-saharan Africa

  YouthNet, Family Health International, 2004

  For teaching information and skills related to HIV/AIDS, teacher training is essential, and complex. In sub-Saharan Africa, up to half of all new HIV infections are occurring among youth under age 25. Since most youth attend school at least for primary education, school-based programmes are a logical place to reach young people.
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  Impact of the HEART campaign: findings from the youth surveys, 1999 and 2000

  Center for Communication Programs, Johns Hopkins University, 2000

  The Helping Each other Act Responsibly Together (HEART) campaign, designed for youth by youth, informs young people about HIV/AIDS, promotes abstinence and condom use. The Campaign was designed to provide a social context in which prevailing social norms are discussed, questioned and reassessed.
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  Long-term outcomes of an abstinence-based, small-group pregnancy prevention program in New York City schools

  International Family Planning Perspectives, 2000

  Despite drops in U.S. teenage birthrates, questions continue to arise about how best to reduce the country’s adolescent birthrate. School-based programmes are considered one of the best ways to reach adolescents at risk of early sexual activity.
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  “Hulle kan nie hulle hormone intoom hou nie”: a study on gender, adolescents and sexual behaviour in relation to HIV in South Africa

  Centre for International Development Issues, University of Nijmegen, 2002

  This paper from the Centre for International Development Issues presents the results of research conducted among young people in South Africa, aiming to gain a better understanding of the sexual context of adolescents in the country. It looks at the question of how gender constructions influence risk-related sexual behaviour among adolescents.
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  Young people and risk-taking in sexual relations

  Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, 1999

  This study in the UNAIDS publication Sex and youth: contextual factors affecting risk for HIV/AIDS presents a comparative analysis of data collected in interviews and discussions with nearly 3000 young people in 7 countries in Africa, Asia and the Americas.
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  Young people, HIV / AIDS, and intervention: barriers and gateways to behaviour change

  Development Studies Network, 2000

  This paper reports from a 1999 study that explored sexual dynamics and decision making among young people between the ages of 11 and 24 years in KwaZulu/Natal Province. Two aspects of youths’ sexual behaviour – condom use and abstinence – are discussed.
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  Increased protected sex and abstinence among Namibian youth following a HIV risk-reduction intervention: a randomized, longitudinal study.

  International AIDS Society, 1998

  In 1996, the prevalence of HIV in Namibia was estimated to be 15% among antenatal patients, with rates as high as 25% in some districts. The government, in partnership with UNICEF and the University of Maryland, elected to adapt an adolescent AIDS risk-reduction curriculum that had been successful in the United States.
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  Integrating gender into HIV/AIDS programmes: a review paper

  World Health Organization, 2003

  This review paper aims to provide background information and a suggested framework for considering the issues and challenges of integrating gender into programmatic and policy action. It also offers some programmatic examples of successful HIV/AIDS interventions that have addressed gender issues in a meaningful and significant way.
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  HIV/AIDS, lagging policy response and impact on children: the case of Côte d’Ivoire

  HIV/AIDS Impact on Education Clearinghouse, 2002

  This study reviews the experience of Côte d'Ivoire in dealing with the HIV/AIDS epidemic and pays special attention to its impact on children.Findings include:AIDS has become the leading cause of mortality among adults and one of the first in childrenthe mortality associated with the disease has reduced life expectancy at birth from 65 years to 55 years in 2000since 1994 there h
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  Act now! A resource guide for young women on HIV/AIDS

  Association for Women's Rights in Development, 2002

  This guide focuses on the topic of young women and HIV/AIDS: the intersections between youth, gender and HIV/AIDS emerging challenges and successes in HIV/AIDS for young people (particularly young women) ways in which youth can participate in addressing gender and youth issues in HIV/AIDS programs Targeted at young women leaders, the guide provides an overview of the on-lin

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