Botswana has the third highest rate of HIV infection, as well as one of the highest mobile phone density rates in the world. The rate of mobile cell phone adoption has increased three-fold over the past 10 years.
Adolescents, youth, and young people
Resource
March 21, 2019
Resource
March 19, 2019
Nearly one in three adolescent girls, globally, report that their first sexual experience occurred under some form of coercion or force.44 Although little data are available on adolescent boys’ experience of sexual coercion or force, evidence in some countries suggests that as many as one in five
Event
February 27, 2019
This webinar, on addressing the SRH needs of adolescents and young people living with HIV , which is part of the 2019 SRHR and HIV Linkages webinar series
Opportunity
February 21, 2019
Data for Impact (D4I) is a five-year cooperative agreement funded by the United States Agency for International Development.
Resource
February 21, 2019
An increasingly diverse body of students is entering university in South Africa. HIV and tuberculosis (TB) are pressing health issues for this vulnerable population and the university campus offers an opportunity to intervene with health promotion activities. This study describes knowledge and risk perception of TB and HIV among high school leavers entering tertiary education.
Resource
February 12, 2019
This report presents the preliminary findings from an ongoing project undertaken by 4Children that seeks to identify key opportunities to incorporate violence prevention and response interventions within priority PEPFAR Program Areas at clinical and community levels.
eToolkit
February 6, 2019
The objective of this toolkit is to provide guidance on the disclosure process of an HIV status for pediatric and adolescent populations. This document contains tools for use in clinical practice to build the capacity of health care workers, caregivers, and pediatric and adolescent patients themselves in assisting with and delivering successful and informed disclosure.
Resource
February 5, 2019
This seven-module training package contains a library of slides for health care providers who are providing oral PrEP to adolescent girls and young women.
Blog
January 30, 2019
Young women who have sexual relationships with older men often are dealing with inequitable power dynamics, little capacity to negotiate safe sex or to refuse sex, and—therefore —a greater risk of acquiring HIV.
Resource
January 25, 2019
INTRODUCTION: A simple cost-effective strategy to pre-screen for targeted HIV testing can have substantial benefit in high burden and resource limited settings.
