By Imogen Foulkes. BBC News, Geneva. November 26, 2008.Universal testing for HIV, followed by immediate treatment could cut the number of people developing full-blown Aids by up to 95%, a Lancet study says. The World Health Organization (WHO) also found that such a strategy could virtually eliminate HIV transmission. The study used computer modelling to project what would happen if everyone over 15 was tested every year.
But the WHO said that weak health care systems meant that universal testin more...
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Young people in Dundee are encouraging others to learn more about Aids and what they can do to tackle the disease across the world. Youth End Poverty Dundee is staging what it believes is the biggest event in Scotland to mark World Aids Day. A list of demands for tackling the condition will also be drawn up for world leaders.
Politicians, guests from South Africa, and those with HIV will be among those attending the event. Project leader Nick Henderson hopes it will give young people, students more...
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The MDGs focus on the number of girls and boys enrolling in, or finishing, school as a measurement of success, but this is a very crude measure of gender equality and empowerment. Gender parity simply refers to equal numbers of boys and girls being present in schooling.
More ambitious and meaningful aims would be that, once in school, girls and boys experience quality learning and teaching, and that equality in schooling is linked with positive changes towards equality in broader society. Yet m more...
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Poverty, lack of education, mistrust of the national government, and “plenty of sex” drive a burgeoning HIV epidemic in Indonesia’s Papua, Agence France-Presse reports. Papua, the western side of New Guinea island, is the poorest area in Indonesia. A low-level insurgency percolates throughout the region, which is governed under a system of “special autonomy.” The region has an HIV prevalence of 2.4%, the highest in Indonesia and among the highest outside Africa. Sex—coupled with popu more...
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'Programs to prevent the transmission of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) among adolescents and young adults are relatively new. Given the high rates of STDs among this age-group, and the fact that young people represent more than half of all new HIV infections, there is increased urgency to identify and evaluate effective program models. Although some STDs are curable, others, including HIV, are not. For this reason, many emerging projects for young pe more...
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'Adolescents and young adults have a disproportionate number of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) compared to adults. STDs can result in serious health consequences, both for young people and their children. Because women often show no symptoms for the most common STDs, they are diagnosed and treated less frequently than men, who generally have symptoms. Adolescents face special obstacles in obtaining diagnosis and treatment even when they do show symptoms. They are reluctant to seek care, an more...
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Youth campaigning posters and brochures are now available online to download from this site!
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