Advocating for Effective Youth HIV Prevention Interventions
Welcome to a site for young people to learn about the World Health Organization report, Effective HIV Prevention for Young People – also known as Steady, Ready, Go! Explore this site to learn which HIV prevention interventions the WHO recomends countries scale-up to help protect young people from HIV. After you learn about why young people are so vulnerable to HIV and the most effective programs to prevent HIV, get involved in the youth AIDS movement!
The United Nations General Assembly Special Session on HIV/AIDS and young people produced a Declaration of Commitment on HIV and AIDS. In the Declaration, 189 number of U.N. member states pledged to reach global goals regarding the prevention of HIV in young people. Find out more about these commitments or the Progress Made on Youth Targets - GYCA Assesses Progress.
"Preventing HIV/AIDS in Young People: A Systematic Review of the Evidence from Developing Countries."
Have you recently started a campaign to raise awareness about effective HIV prevention methods? Or have you successfully started an HIV prevention program aimed at young people? Whatever action you have taken, we would like to learn about it! Sharing your experiences – good or bad – can be very inspiring for other young people.