Publications on Young People

This report grows out of the shared belief by the government and UNICEF that there must be a response to the impending HIV crisis confronting women and girls in Malaysia.

The risk of the HIV epidemic spreading from high-risk groups to the general population in Vietnam depends on sexual risk and bridging behaviors between high- and low-risk individuals. A crosssectional study was used to describe sexual activities of youth aged 18–29 years.

In 2008, Tonga conducted a second round SGS in antenatal women and youth population groups.

The purpose of the Behavioral Surveillance Survey (BSS) is to systematically monitor trends in HIV / STI risk behavior over time.

The major recommendation of this paper is to strongly increase resources available for age- and gender- appropriate HIV prevention and support services for young people engaging in high risk behaviors: injecting drug users, young women and men involved in sex work and young men who have sex with men.

To generate knowledge on sexual risk behaviour and practices, condom use, STI symptoms and STI disease burden among youth clients of female sex workers in Dhaka.

This report is an attempt to rise to the challenge by providing systematic reviews of the evidence for policies and programmes to decrease HIV prevalence among young people, as a contribution towards achieving universal access to prevention, treatment and care (7) and attaining the Millennium Development Goal on AIDS (8).

The study aims to provide a baseline for the interventions among the young people supported by NACO and UNICEF.

Adolescence is a critical period during which dramatic physical, physiological, emotional and behavioral changes take place quite suddenly.

This publication is intended to serve as a reference tool for countries with limited resources as they develop or revise national guidelines for the use of ART in adults and postpubertal adolescents.