Young People and HIV/AIDS
The Horizons Program is dedicated to global operations research on HIV/AIDS prevention, care, and support.
The Horizons Program is dedicated to global operations research on HIV/AIDS prevention, care, and support.
This study provides a qualitative analysis of the circumstances and consequences of parental caregiving to adult children with AIDS in Thailand. The analysis is based on 20 open-ended interviews, mainly with parents of an adult son or daughter who died of AIDS within the few prior years.
This document is included in the Policy Brief prepared for the UNAIDS Inter- Agency Task Team on education that provides a "global snapshot" of HIV/AIDS related education material for developing countries.
Thailand's country report on the Impact of HIV/AIDS on education presents some of the Thai experiences in HIV and AIDS prevention and control, the role of education in HIV and AIDS prevention and control and the impacts of HIV and AIDS on basic education.
Drug use and HIV vulnerability remain issues of great concern for many countries in Asia and the Pacific because surveys indicate that in some geographical areas more than sixty per cent of all injecting drug users are HIV-positive.
The book examines key areas in population field in relation to education. Sexuality, reproductive rights and health, violence, fertility, ageing, gender relations and AIDS education are some of the themes explored in the book.
The booklet presents the experiences of Thailand in planning and implementing the advocacy and IEC strategies for promoting adolescent reproductive and sexual health programmes.
In Thailand, too many girls find themselves at an early age in the sex industry Young girls are thought to be "safe" and uninfected with HIV, but the risk of infection to them and their clients is very high.
This handbook is the result of an information repackaging programme of the Regional Clearing House on Population Education. It is developed for educators, information providers, counsellors, service providers and peer educators.