South Africa may see an estimated 469,000 new HIV infections annually, and young women between the ages of 15 and 24 remain hardest hit by new infections, according to the country’s latest HIV survey. Now a young Khayelitsha artist is using the stage to take HIV prevention to the streets.
Young people in South Africa have been struggling with the burden of mental health problems associated with poverty, disrupted learning, unemployment and even the Covid-19 pandemic. Mental health conditions such as anxiety and depression concern young adults. These issues require…
There has been an alarming increase in the proportion of adolescent patients at drug treatment centres countrywide, according to Charles Parry of the Medical Research Council. In Cape Town, for example, the proportion of patients under 20 drug treatment centres in Cape Town has more than doubled since 1996 from 6% to 15% in 1999.
University students from KwaZulu-Natal reveal their thoughts on the achieving food security, both locally and globally, as International Youth Day casts a spotlight on transforming food systems.
Activists, scientists, religious leaders, the youth and civil society organisations spoke of their experiences over the last few days during the final session of the 15th International AIDS Conference in Bangkok, Thailand. Senator Mechai Viravaidhaya, fondly known as the 'Condom King' in Thailand spoke of economically empowering those infected and affected.
Finding out that one has HIV at an early age can be a huge challenge for many young people, especially when they didn't think they were at risk of infection. Two university students share their stories.
The Sexual Rights Campaign, launched in the year 2000 and spearheaded by the Women's Health Project in Johannesburg, is now in the final stages of being finalised into a complete Sexual Rights Charter. The run-up to the authorisation of the Charter took the form of workshops and stake-holder forums across the country, the last of which was held in Cape Town in November last year, to educate men, women and the youth about sexual rights, how to ensure and attain them.
Although one in 10 South African youths aged between 15 and 24 is HIV
positive, 96 percent of 15 year olds are HIV negative.
"If you have a very big elephant and you want to eat it up, you start from all corners. That way you'll finish it up." So says Edith Mukisa, the founder of Uganda's Teenage HIV/AIDS Clinic in Naguru, just outside the capital Kampala.This is the philosophy that lies at the core of Uganda's multi-sectoral response to the HIV/AIDS pandemic. And it's paying dividends. by Carolyn Dempster
There is a close correlation between how young people perceive their future options and their chances of engaging in risky sexual behaviour and contracting HIV. This is one of the conclusions from a recent survey among South African youth which also shows that although parents see HIV/AIDS as one of the biggest issues facing their children, very few parents are comfortable about talking about sex and relationships with their children.
NORTHERN CAPE - Future leaders is a group of Kuruman youth living with HIV who have decided that they want to attend next year’s Aids Conference in Durban.
The Zola Community combined soccer and HIV testing as it celebrated Youth Day on June 16.
In South Africa, HIV prevalence among youth aged 15 - 24 is among the world's highest. However, latest research has found that more young South Africans take less risky sexual behaviour.
Holo Muchangwe Hachonda IV of Zambia is a young man with a very huge mission. In 1997, while still a teenager, he formed an organisation with the express aim of working in the field of sexual and reproductive health rights and HIV prevention. He has worked extensively with churches, schools and NGOs in Zambia to promote young people's rights to access sexual and reproductive health information and services. In recognition of his efforts to reach out to the new generation, he was recently awarded an AMANITARE award. This award is presented to an individual or organisation that has made a meaningful contribution to women's health and rights in Africa. Khopotso Bodibe of Health-e News Service, spoke to this visionary young lad and discovered that issues he confronts daily in his work are the same problems South Africa is plagued with.
The young people of Kwa Nkcele in Lusikisiki say they are tired of receiving certificates that are not worth the paper they’re written on. They say the skills the Eastern Cape Department of Social Development offer have no value because they don’t lead to jobs.
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