Understanding adolescent girls' protection strategies against HIV: an exploratory study in urban Lusaka
Being young and female are two central aspects of vulnerability to HIV which intersect in the lives of adolescent girls.
Being young and female are two central aspects of vulnerability to HIV which intersect in the lives of adolescent girls.
This report is based on research and interviews conducted by the Center between June 2009 and February 2010. The Center gathered the experiences of 59 women through a combination of in-depth interviews and focus group discussions.
Over a few short years, leaders in the fields of reproductive health and HIV/AIDS treatment have made a convincing case for integrated care. This report serves as a piece in a growing body of information about FP/HIV integration in sub-Saharan Africa.
The purpose of the study summarised in this document was to determine the roles of educators in mitigating the impact of the HIV/AIDS pandemic, and to ascertain the skills and knowledge required by them to play such roles effectively.
The broad objectives of this study are to obtain HIV prevalence statistics and HIV behavioural response profiles of staff and students in higher education in South Africa.
This updated review will focus on interventions carried out and/or published from January 2005 - December 2008. Since the first Steady, Ready, Go!