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The result
All these factors affecting behavior have resulted in an apparently disastrous condition. A creeping death of a whole generation in many sub-Saharan African nations is now as clearly visible as a lighthouse in the darkness of ocean - it is at a distance but at one moment, we have to reach there.
Statistics from the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) has shown some of the glimpses of disastrous effects of AIDS among young people:
- In 1998 over 2.5 million young people became infected with HIV, half of all new HIV infections that year.
- Every day over 7000 more young people become infected - about 5 per minute.
- Worldwide, people ages 15 - 24 account for about 30% of all people living with HIV/AIDS.
- just 10% of world's young people live in countries of sub-Saharan Africa, but these countries have almost 75% of the world's HIV infected youth (8.6 million)
Is there any solution?
The only preventive method for controlling HIV spread among youth is to induce behavioral change among individuals. This is a mammoth task which needs intersectoral co-ordination among governments, international agencies and non-governmental organizations. Participation of the youth themselves is indeed the most important component. A healer can heal only that patient who wants to be cured! Combating a disease with such huge dimensions needs constant scientific research as well as clinical monitoring and evaluation of changing clinical features and emerging microbiological and genetic changes. While preventing the disease, we cannot forget those unfortunate persons who have acquired the Immunodeficiency Syndrome.
For all of these things, a very large share of financial support is needed. In fact, a preventive effort for HIV/AIDS is a cheaper option than managing the disease in other ways. For instance, in India, the cost of treating one AIDS patient for one year even without expensive therapies equals the annual cost of providing primary school education for 10 students. A multipronged approach is suggested here for prevention of youth AIDS pandemic.
1) Information, education and communication activities through all communication channels:
- 'Edutainment' and 'infotainment' are the keys to reach and teach the youth what they are supposed to do! An attractive advertisement about AIDS prevention by a successful sports personality or movie-actor will have a better impact than an hour-long lecture by a university professor.
- Use of all means of media channels to reach youth at every corner: establishing AIDS telephone hotlines, SMS by mobiles, POP-UP on internet, advertisement on FM radios, special advertisements in CD/Cassettes of popular songs, contests of various types with attractive rewards, etc.
2) Enhancing community participation:
- Special training to all primary and high school teachers about AIDS and prevention
- Informing parents about their role in prevention
- Encourage parents and teachers to talk to the youth about sex and pregnancy
10 TIPS TO HELP PARENTS COMMUNICATE WITH THEIR ADOLESCENT CHILDREN ABOUT SEX
1. Be clear about your own sexual values before you talk to your children about sex.
2. Talk to your children early and often about sex
3. Be sure to have a two-way discussion and not a lecture.
4. Supervise and monitor your children.
5. Know your children’s friends and their families
6. Discourage early, frequent and steady dating in favor of group activities
7. Discourage dating where the age difference is large, especially for young girls.
8. Know what programmes your children are watching on TV, listening to on the radio and what they are reading.
9. Let your children know that you value education.
10. Let your children know that you value them.
3) Challenging high-risk behavior through education to young people about:
- Hazards of high risk behavior
- What is a high risk behavior
- Alternate ways
- How to wean off from high risk habits
4) Making condoms available
- Easy access at multiple places
- Should be very cheap/free of cost
- Seller must not make the buyer feel uncomfortable
- Consistent use of condoms should be emphasized
- Correct methods to use condoms should be taught to users
5) Enforcement of laws on drug prohibition:
- Drug dealers/sellers/carriers should be caught and sent to prisons with heavy monitory punishments
- Organized criminal networks in drug trafficking must be destroyed.
- All those known to be addicted to drug abuse should be sent to rehabilitation centers without any delay.
- Creating awareness in the society about harms of drugs and taking help of citizens in dealing with the menace.
6) Introduction of AIDS education in school curriculum at early stages
-Providing education about anatomical, biological and social aspects of sex and sexuality to adolescents undergoing pubertal changes.
-Exploring what constitutes a high-risk behavior and how to save oneself from it.
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Good Antony Felix O. O. Simbowo | Jan 3rd, 2005
True. Its only when we care that the stigma associated with AIDS, especially in the third world, can be reduced.
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