Reducing the Risk of HIV Among Adolescent Girls

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, most female adolescents have at least one sexual partner when they reach 18 years of age. Once reserved for high school students, sex education has been introduced even in junior high school and elementary school. We can not deny that our youth is sexually active early, inevitably weak against sexually transmitted diseases and HIV. Once the selection of sexually active youth is complete it is impossible to change it, but it is for young people to provide information for young people to obtain appropriate information and correct dangerous behaviors It is an appropriate resource.

Young girls and young women, especially sub-Saharan African girls and young women have been left behind despite significant progress in HIV reduction worldwide. According to the latest data of UNAIDS, adolescent girls and young women account for one-fifth of the world's new infections. In some countries in Africa in the south and eastern part, girls and young women have HIV infection rates 7 times higher than boys and young men. Male and female inequality, violence and poverty make adolescent girls and young women particularly vulnerable to HIV, and people living with HIV are facing more serious discrimination and violence

Young girls and young women are particularly vulnerable. UNAIDS is only 11% of the adult population, but found that adolescent girls and young women aged 15 to 24 years account for 20% of new adult HIV infections worldwide. In sub-Saharan Africa, women aged 18 to 35 are facing a threat of threefold: high HIV prevalence, low HIV testing rate, low compliance with treatment. In 2015, about 7,500 young women worldwide were newly infected with HIV. AIDS prevention technology has also proven to be highly progressive in the past decade and cost effective. According to the Institute of Medical Research (IOM), all HIV infection saves about $ 355,000 in medical expenses and stresses the importance of preventing long-term HIV / AIDS reactions.

Since 2000, the number of new AIDS infections has decreased by 43%, but the number of new infections is twice the number of AIDS14 In 2013, an estimated 1 million young people aged 10 to 19 year olds live with HIV I was infected. In 2014, HIV / AIDS is estimated to be the second most common cause of death in the world 4. Young people, especially adolescent girls, are the only population without AIDS-related deaths15. Young women and adolescent girls are particularly vulnerable. High risk