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This brief aims to provide an overview on the status of the implementation of CSE within Asia, drawing specifically to 11 countries from South, South East and Central Asia. It further analyses the current laws and policies on the status of CSE while presenting the gaps, challenges and barriers on its implementation. Furthermore, the brief also posits recommendations for the improvement of the existing policies, which would enable progressive action by governments, policy-makers, duty-bearers, non-governmental bodies, and other stakeholders. …
The community action toolkit provides tools needed to become knowledgeable about sex education, build support in state or community, work to implement sound policies, and institute or defend effective sex education programs that support and affirm young people’s rights to honest information. The toolkit is designed to serve as a resource for all advocates whether they are students, parents, teachers, school administrators, health professionals, youth-serving professionals, policymakers, or concerned community members.
This document provides an overview of the latest available UNAIDS data on youth and HIV, including new indicators reported for the first time on consent requirements to access services, access to CSE, and youth participation in the HIV response. …
From early in the epidemic, education has been central to HIV prevention, treatment, and care. This paper reflects on lessons learned over the last 30 years. It signals the limits of high level international commitments to education and HIV and the strategies of information-giving and life skills development adopted in their wake. It argues for the adoption of a more genuinely educational approach to HIV, sex, and sexuality education in which difficult questions are raised, diversity is recognized, and options are provided for a differentiated yet effective response. …
HIV elimination by 2030 cannot occur without attention to substance use. It cuts across risk groups and affects sexual risk behavior, treatment adherence, and systemic processes such as immunity and inflammation. There continues to be often limited attention to non-injection drug use and the syndemic character of HIV and substance use. …
Women have always been part of the HIV/AIDS epidemic. As with other populations affected by HIV, for many years the only prevention strategy available was behavior change. Behavioral interventions for women were developed and evaluated, with some success. Because women did not control the use of male condoms, efficacious interventions needed to build skills for partner negotiation. …
The overall objective of the National Multi-Sectoral HIV and AIDS Resource Mobilization Strategy 2015/16-2019/20 is to ensure that there are adequate resources for the HIV and AIDS response. The strategy focuses on expanding the resource base to ensure sustainable resources availability for implementation of the national HIV and AIDS strategic priorities. It is envisaged that this National Multi-Sectoral HIV and AIDS Resource Mobilization Strategy will facilitate effective implementation of the National Strategic Plan (NSP) for the HIV and AIDS Response2015/16-2019/2020.
In many sub-Saharan African countries, declines in child mortality combined with a slow decline in fertility have resulted in children and young adults comprising a large part of the overall population. This is known as the youth bulge. The youth bulge is not new. Younger generations have almost always been larger than the previous generation. However, before the twentieth century, high child mortality meant that a large proportion of children did not survive to adulthood. …
The report demonstrates progress made on adolescent HIV programming in the Eastern and Southern African Region (ESAR) in a few short years. Qualitative in approach, the report explores how the impact of HIV on adolescents and young people was given visibility and focus as a result of the All In to end adolescent AIDS (All In) country assessments, which systematically reviewed and analyzed data, programmes and strategies currently responding to adolescent HIV.
Le plan d’action national VIH 2018-2022 est l’outil principal de pilotage, de monitoring et d’évaluation pour les acteurs publics et de la société civile engagés dans la riposte au VIH. Le plan couvre la période de 5 ans de 2018 à 2022. Il s’aligne aux objectifs internationaux et repose sur une démarche participative associant les différents acteurs qui prend en compte trois facteurs importants : - les enjeux épidémiologiques au Grand-Duché de Luxembourg, - les réalisations sur le terrain, - les besoins identifiés et les défis rencontrés.
This book is a study material for lecturers in the tourist sector. It provides core information regarding physical, mental and social changes of adolescents, prevention of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections, vulnerable factors for tourist sector and key population groups and vulnerable groups that should be clearly understood by them to keep in line with the prevention strategies used.
Obiettivi prioritari degli interventi previsti nel Piano sono: - Delineare e realizzare progetti finalizzati alla definizione di modelli di intervento per ridurre il numero delle nuove infezioni. - Facilitare l’accesso al test e l’emersione del sommerso. - Garantire a tutti l’accesso alle cure. - Favorire il mantenimento in cura dei pazienti diagnosticati e in trattamento. - Migliorare lo stato di salute e di benessere delle persone PLWHA. - Coordinare i piani di intervento sul territorio nazionale. - Tutelare i diritti sociali e lavorativi delle persone PLWHA. …
La ministre en charge de l’Éducation nationale, de l’Enseignement supérieur et de la Recherche et la ministre en charge des Affaires sociales et de la Santé ont saisi le Conseil National du Sida et des hépatites virales le 2 mai 2016, sur la définition de nouvelles orientations dans le cadre de la prévention et de la lutte contre les infections sexuellement transmissibles (IST) chez les adolescents et les jeunes adultes. …
La Coordinadora Estatal de VIH y sida, en adelante CESIDA, es la Coordinadora estatal de entidades que trabajan en VIH que nace en el año 2002 con el objetivo de ser una plataforma de asociaciones del Estado español que trabajan en el ámbito del VIH y el sida, de carácter no lucrativo y no gubernamental y promueve la presencia y la participación ciudadana en el diseño y desarrollo de políticas y estrategias integrales relacionadas con la infección por el VIH y el sida. …
In 2012, the Global Commission on HIV and the Law called on countries to outlaw discrimination, repeal punitive laws and enact protective laws to promote public health and human rights for effective HIV responses. Today more than 89 countries have taken action to repeal or reform laws: some have repealed laws criminalizing HIV, same-sex relations, and drug possession, and others have enacted laws advancing reproductive rights, sex education, and the human rights of people living with or at risk from HIV. …
