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Mali Country Report for the 2011-2012 Education Sector HIV and AIDS Global Progress Survey.
Malaysia Country Report for the 2011-2012 Education Sector HIV and AIDS Global Progress Survey.
Malawi Country Report for the 2011-2012 Education Sector HIV and AIDS Global Progress Survey.
Lithuania Country Report for the 2011-2012 Education Sector HIV and AIDS Global Progress Survey.
Lesotho Country Report for the 2011-2012 Education Sector HIV and AIDS Global Progress Survey.
Kenya Country Report for the 2011-2012 Education Sector HIV and AIDS Global Progress Survey.
Jamaica Country Report for the 2011-2012 Education Sector HIV and AIDS Global Progress Survey.
This article provides statistics which show how and why HIV prevalence among young people is falling. The article shows statistics in different regions and countries of the world where young people are living with HIV. Then, the article gives statistics about what kind of young people are at higher risk of HIV: sex workers, homosexuals, and injecting drug users. The article explains, through statistics, what is fueling the epidemic and what programs can work. …
The authors assessed the effect of HIV status disclosure on retention in care from initiation of antiretroviral therapy (ART) among HIV-infected children ages 10 years or more in Cote d'Ivoire, Mali and Senegal. They conducted a multi-center cohort study within five pediatric clinics participating in the IeDEA West Africa collaboration. …
This wall chart provides a summary of selected key indicators (marriage and family formation; knowledge and attitudes about HIV/AIDS; attitudes toward gender role and practices; school, work and civic participation) for youth in Egypt as abstracted from the Population Councils 2009 Survey of Young People in Egypt (SYPE).
As the HIV epidemic matures, survival of children with perinatally acquired HIV infection into adolescence is increasingly being documented in sub-Saharan African countries. In addition, the burden of HIV in the adolescent patient population in the region is also due to sexual transmission, with adolescents and young adults being particularly vulnerable to this mode of infection. HIV care and treatment services in the region need to adapt to adequately meet the specific needs of this expanding disease burden among adolescents. …
A decline in HIV incidence has been reported in Zambia and a number of other sub-Saharan countries. The trend of HIV prevalence among young people is a good marker of HIV incidence. In this study, different data sources are used to examine geographical and sub-population group differentials in HIV prevalence trends among men and women aged 15–24 years in Zambia.
With an overall adult HIV prevalence of 15.3%, Namibia is facing one of the largest HIV epidemics in Africa. Young people aged 20 to 34 years constitute one of the groups at highest risk of HIV infection in Namibia. However, little is known about the impact of HIV on this group and its access to healthcare. The purpose of this study was to estimate HIV prevalence, to assess the knowledge of and attitudes towards HIV/AIDS, and to assess access to healthcare among university students in Namibia.
This updated Operations Guide offers practical examples of how to strengthen HIV/AIDS programs by integrating a gender perspective. Revised sections reflect the latest information about the epidemic, address breakthrough issues, and share new lessons learned. As such, it will be useful to national HIV/ AIDS program management teams, national policy makers, public and non-public service providers, and World Bank staff. As this Operations Guide is a dynamic and evolving tool, the team welcomes additional practical and current examples from its users for inclusion in the future.
This is a study of the association of radio and television exposure with different aspects of reproductive behavior and with knowledge, attitudes, and behavior in connection with HIV/AIDS. The measures of mass media are limited to the frequency that women and men report listening to the radio and watching television, which are standard questions in the Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS). Only the frequency is assessed; the DHS does not obtain information on programmatic content. …