Life doesn’t wait: Romania’s failure to protect and support children and youth living with HIV
More than 7,200 Romanian children and youth age fifteen to nineteen are living with HIV—the largest such group in any European country.
More than 7,200 Romanian children and youth age fifteen to nineteen are living with HIV—the largest such group in any European country.
In recent years, UNICEF has worked together with national and local authorities and civil society partners in a number of countries in Eastern Europe and Central Asia to develop and implement HIV prevention programmes intended to reduce risks and vul¬nerabilities among most-at-risk adolescents (M
This document is the outcome of two meetings.
This paper first introduces the key issues regarding orphaned and vulnerable adolescents in the time of HIV/AIDS, including the developmental needs specific to adolescents. The second chapter summarizes the limited studies and programs working primarily with adolescents orphaned due to AIDS.