dim., 26 mai 2013 03:08:56 +0000 dim., 26 mai 2013 03:08:56 +0000 http://www.unfpa.org UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, is an international development agency that promotes the right of every woman, man and child to enjoy a life of health and equal opportunity. UNFPA supports countries in using population data for policies and programmes to reduce poverty and to ensure that every pregnancy is wanted, every birth is safe, every young person is free of HIV/AIDS, and every girl and woman is treated with dignity and respect. UNFPA – because everyone counts. en-us serrano@unfpa.org (Alvaro Serrano) gruber@unfpa.org (Kimberly Gruber) http://www.unfpa.org/images/unfpalogoxs.gif 80 36 The world's largest international source of funding for population and reproductive health programmes http://unfpa.org/public/cache/offonce/home/publications/pid/6565;jsessionid=F623212E529057DCE30A883D9AE9006B.jahia02 This paper is designed to call more attention to young people within the groups considered “most at risk” for HIV—those who sell sex, those who inject drugs, and young men who have sex with men. Despite the growing attention that has been given to programming for these groups, little explicit focus has emerged onthe particular needs of young people in these populations. Efforts to prevent HIV among young people have tended to focus on the general population of young people, for whom more is known about effective programming, instead of focusing on young people in most-at-risk groups. Research has begun to show the importance of focusing on young people within most-at-risk populations, and there are increasing examples of programmatic approaches for meeting their needs. But many challenges remain, including the fact that there are significant differences among young people between the ages of 10 and 24. http://unfpa.org/public/cache/offonce/home/publications/pid/6234;jsessionid=F623212E529057DCE30A883D9AE9006B.jahia02 This framework addresses the rights and needs of women and girls and highlights opportunities to work with networks of women living with HIV and diverse women’s groups, while engaging men and boys, in particular those working for gender equality. http://unfpa.org/public/cache/offonce/home/publications/pid/2850;jsessionid=F623212E529057DCE30A883D9AE9006B.jahia02 This series of seven Global Guidance Briefs developed by the UNAIDS Inter-Agency Task Team on HIV and Young People, aims to help decision makers (including development practitioners, governments donors and civil society organizations) understand what needs to be done, based on the latest global evidence on effective HIV interventions for young people. The seven Briefs will be published in all six UN languages.  http://unfpa.org/public/cache/offonce/home/publications/pid/358;jsessionid=F623212E529057DCE30A883D9AE9006B.jahia02 This book can provide a basis for evidence-informed programming and policies for youth. It offers a systematic review of the accumulated evidence, from two decades of programming, for the effectiveness of interventions to prevent the spread of HIV among young people in developing countries. Using a standard methodology, authors reviewed the evidence from 80 studies of interventions delivered that reach young people . http://unfpa.org/public/cache/offonce/home/publications/pid/2855;jsessionid=F623212E529057DCE30A883D9AE9006B.jahia02 The Guide to monitoring and evaluating national HIV/AIDS prevention programmes for young people has been developed jointly by WHO, UNAIDS, UNICEF, and a wide range of other partners, and is one in a series of specialized international Guides developed as a response to the increasing need to measure the implementation and effectiveness of national HIV programmes. http://unfpa.org/public/cache/offonce/home/publications/pid/1413;jsessionid=F623212E529057DCE30A883D9AE9006B.jahia02 Published by UNFPA on behalf of the UNAIDS Interagency Task Team on Young People and HIV/AIDS, highlights the ways in which young people remain at the centre of the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Noting that many young people are at high risk of HIV infection, the publication documents how they lack access to critical youth-friendly information, skills and services for the prevention, treatment and care of HIV and AIDS.