Resources on: Youth Health and HIV/AIDS
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African Youth Network Across Borders
The Nairobi-based African Youth Parliament is a network of young people in more than 45 countries committed to African development. Tackling such problems as AIDS, post-war reconstruction and poverty, members are reaching out to fellow youth in an attempt to create a brighter future for their countries and continent. Cathy Majtenyi has more in this report as part of a VOA series on youth and politics.
Partnership with Male Cultural Leaders for ASRH And Prevention of HIV Infection Among Young People a Case of Uganda
Uganda is one of those countries that committed itself to implement the ICPD programme of action. Since the early 1990’s the government of Uganda with support from its development partners, has initiated a number of interventions to address adolescent reproductive health in aspects of policy development, institutional capacity building, behaviour change and service delivery.
Preventing Hiv Infection In Girls And Young Women
Some 7,000 girls and women become infected with HIV every day. Globally, just under half of all adults living with HIV are now female. In most regions, women and girls make up an increasing proportion of the population living with HIV, and rates of female infection continue to rise – particularly in Eastern Europe, Asia and Latin America.
Youth and HIV/AIDS Fact Sheet
Of the over 1 billion youth (ages 15-24) worldwide, some 10 million are living with HIV: Every day, an estimated 6,000 youth are infected with the virus. Research from around the world shows an alarming degree of misinformation and lack of knowledge about HIV/AIDS among young people, especially young women. The majority lack access to effective prevention programmes, while many cannot access condoms.
U.N. Warning AIDS Imperils Africa's Youth
Tuesday, October 31, 2006, The New York times. About half of all 15-year-olds in the African countries worst affected by AIDS will eventually die of the disease even if the rates of infection drop substantially in the next few years, the United Nations reported yesterday.
Young People and HIV/AIDS
Almost a quarter of people living with HIV are under the age of 25.(65) Young people now represent half of all new cases. An estimated 6,000 young people are infected every day-one every 14 minutes. The majority are women and girls. In sub-Saharan Africa, 63 per cent of those who were HIV-positive in 2003 were between the ages of 15 and 24.
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Advocates for Youth: YouthLIFE—Botswana, Nigeria, and South Africa
In October 2001, Advocates for Youth launched a 3-year initiative called Youth Leadership in Fighting the Epidemic (YouthLIFE) in order to build youth's leadership capacity in the area of youth-specific HIV/AIDS prevention interventions and advocacy. The program involves partnering with four youth-led NGOs in three countries: the Youth Health Organization (YOHO) of Botswana, the Youth Action Rangers of Nigeria (YARN), the Township AIDS Project (TAP) in South Africa, and the South African Centre for Organisational Development (SACORD). Efforts include skills-based training, advocacy program implementation, organizational development, and efforts to secure youth participation in policy making.
Africa 2015: For an AIDS free generation
Africa 2015 is a powerful advocacy campaign designed to create sustained awareness and engage multiple audiences and constituencies in fighting poverty and the spread HIV/AIDS. The effort mobilizes and coalesces all sectors of society to advocate for the MDGs. The process integrates the support of popular celebrities, the media and sports institutions, as well as national, municipal, religious and grassroots leaders. Africa 2015 uses multiple and simultaneous vehicles of communication as agents for change that can resonate with many different types of audiences, particularly, young people.
Africa Alive
Africa Alive! is an innovative multinational network of youth and AIDS organizations that aims to reach and empower youth with HIV/AIDS prevention programs using popular entertainment. It responds to the fact that hundreds of youth organizations have already joined the fight against AIDS throughout Africa. Africa Alive! provides the inspiration and means for these organizations to work together and to scale up the response toward AIDS on a regional level.
African Youth Alliance (AYA)
AYA was a five-year initiative to improve adolescent reproductive health and reduce the spread of HIV/AIDS in Botswana, Ghana, Uganda, and Tanzania.
Through the Alliance, young people were educated about HIV/AIDS prevention and provided with necessary information, skills, and support to protect their health.
The African Youth Alliance was an innovative partnership led by three organizations: Pathfinder International, The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), and The Program for Appropriate Technology in Health (PATH).
Aids and Africa
Aidsandafrica is a non-profit organization whose purpose is to use the Internet as a medium to encourage people to help fight AIDS in Africa. We believe no one needs to become a full-time AIDS activist to get involved in the fight against HIV/AIDS in Africa.
Baseline Survey on Sexually Transmitted Diseases STDs/AIDS for in and out-of-school youth in two regions in Northern Ghana
The main objective of the report is to present baseline information on the nature and extent of youth knowledge of STDs, HIV/AIDS, and sexual behaviours in the Northern and Upper East Regions.
Section one of the report forms the introduction which presents the background of the study. Section two presents the methodology employed. Section three outlines the socio-demographic characteristics of the sample, covering the age, sex, ethnicity, geographic region, educational status, religious affiliation, marital status, and parental background. Sections four and five examine youth's knowledge of STDs and HIV\AIDs, respectively.
Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation
CSVR's mission is to develop and implement innovative and integrated human security interventions based upon a commitment to social justice and fundamental rights for people who are vulnerable or excluded. CSVR pursues these goals as essential to our aspiration of preventing violence in all its forms and building sustainable peace and reconciliation in societies emerging from violent pasts - in South Africa, on the African continent and globally.
Hosts a wide range of links related to youth, children, HIV/AIDS, Gender, Sexual and Domestic Violence, Conflict Management, etc.
(CIDA) HIV/AIDS around the World and in Africa
Approximately 40 million people worldwide are living with HIV/AIDS, 25 million of whom live in sub-Saharan Africa. Some 15 million children under the age of 15 have been orphaned by AIDS, and more than 2 million children are infected themselves. Women and the poor are most vulnerable to HIV/AIDS, due to lack of both resources and negotiating power to protect themselves. The continued spread of this disease threatens long-term damage to global efforts to reduce poverty and to foster sustainable development.
Commission on HIV/AIDS and Governance in Africa
The Commission on HIV/AIDS and Governance is a UN system-wide initiative, launched in February 2003 by (UN) Secretary-General Kofi Annan to complement the vital work on transmission and prevention being done by UN and other agencies with a rigorous agenda that charts the way forward on HIV/AIDS and governance in Africa in three crucially interrelated areas:
Eastern Africa Regional Youth Network
Our mission is to enhance Eastern Africa's resource development and youth participation in Drug abuse and HIV/AIDS prevention and governance in abuse reduction and harm prevention.
Family Health International Focus on Youth
Worldwide, young women and men suffer a disproportionate share of unplanned pregnancies, sexually transmitted infections (STIs), including HIV, and other serious reproductive health problems. Family Health International (FHI) works with partner organizations worldwide to address persistent challenges that influence the health conditions and quality of services available to youth.
Global Directory of youth HIV/AIDS organizations, programmes, and networks
Organizations that are affiliated with GYCA are marked with a red ribbon (
). Click here to find out how to add your organization as a member of GYCA.
Global Youth Coalition on HIV/AIDS (GYCA)
The GYCA is a youth-led, UNAIDS and UNFPA supported alliance of over 2100 young leaders and adult allies working in 100 countries world-wide. More than half of the 5 million new HIV infections each year occur among young people under 25 years old, with 6,000 new infections each day. GYCA empowers young leaders with the skills, knowledge, resources and opportunities they need to scale up HIV/AIDS interventions amongst their peers.
Global Youth Partnership for Africa (GYPA)
GYPA emerged from Project Namuwongo Zone B (PNZB), is a commuity based organization legally registered in Uganda. PNZB was co-founded by an American (Jeremy M. Goldberg, then 22 years old) and a Ugandan (Joseph Bagambaki, then 31 years old) in October 2003 as a community-based sustainable development and aid organization based in Washington, DC with staff in Kampala, Uganda. PNZB programming in Uganda includes HIV/AIDS education and treatment, after-school recreation and dramatic arts programs and women's empowerment and microfinance initiatives.
HIV/AIDS Prevention in Africa
With half of all new HIV/AIDS cases occurring among 15- to 24-year-olds, IYF is partnering with a coalition of global youth movements to enhance health education and services targeting youth in Sub-Saharan Africa. The new initiative, "Empowering Africa's Young People: A Holistic Approach to Countering the HIV/AIDS Pandemic," seeks to expand outreach to youth through a continuum of services in prevention, care, and support.
Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS
UNAIDS, the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, brings together the efforts and resources of ten UN system organizations to the global AIDS response. Cosponsors include UNHCR, UNICEF, WFP, UNDP, UNFPA, UNODC, ILO, UNESCO, WHO and the World Bank. Based in Geneva, the UNAIDS secretariat works on the ground in more than 75 countries world wide.
Life Skills
What does it take to thrive in a world with HIV and AIDS, conflict, violence, and gender and ethnic discrimination? The challenges children and young people regularly face are many, and require more than even the best numeracy and literacy skills. That is why the 164 nations committed to Education For All (external) have included "life skills" as a basic learning need for all young people.
ONE The Campaign to Make Poverty History
Africa. Where the first human beings stood up and walked. The world's second-largest continent. Home to one in ten of the world's people, and five of the ten fastest-growing economies. Global source of oil and minerals — fifteen percent of America's oil comes from Africa — and foods such as peanuts, rice, coffee and chocolate.
Save the Children
Save the Children is the leading independent organization creating real and lasting change for children in need in the United States and around the world. It is a member of the International Save the Children Alliance, comprising 27 national Save the Children organizations working in more than 100 countries to ensure the well-being of children.
Just as our past has been bound up with Africa, so are all our futures.
UNESCO compilation of HIV/AIDS Websites
Compilation of links related HIV/AIDS.
Youth and HIV/AIDS Fact Sheet
Of the over 1 billion youth (ages 15-24) worldwide, some 10 million are living with HIV: 1 Every day, an estimated 6,000 youth are infected with the virus. Research from around the world shows an alarming degree of misinformation and lack of knowledge about HIV/AIDS among young people, especially young women. The majority lack access to effective prevention programmes, while many cannot access condoms.
YouthNet
YouthNet is a global, USAID-sponsored program to improve reproductive health and prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS among people 10 to 24 years old. Most importantly, it is a collaboration with the young people whose lives it is designed to improve. But it also includes the energy, insight, and experience of parents, schoolteachers, employers, policymakers, the media, health professionals, nongovernmental organizations, religious and community leaders, and other youth networks.
