Defeating HIV/AIDS Means Listening To Young People
Huffingtonpost - "Young people with HIV in North America and Europe now have near-normal life expectancy. New diagnoses of HIV have fallen among men who have sex with men in England. These recent findings are incredibly positive and should be celebrated. Progress is being made, but HIV/AIDS is far from over, especially in low-and middle-income countries, and particularly in sub-Saharan Africa.
The largest ever generation of adolescents in sub-Saharan Africa is at risk of HIV, many of these young people are failing to test for the virus and access the relevant follow-up care and treatment… and the world is not listening to them. Inevitably, new infection and death rates are rising in the region. Globally the number of adolescent deaths from AIDS tripled in 15 years and HIV is a leading cause of adolescent deaths in Africa. Women and girls are most at risk - around 7,500 young women become newly infected with HIV every week in sub-Saharan Africa." (Photo: DFID - UK Department for International Development/flickr, CC BY 2.0)