infected significantly at a younger age than men. Young girls in their teens and women in early twenties are becoming infected than women in any other age-group. Cultural norms favoring early marriages and early pregnancies or discouraging the use of condoms make women more vulnerable. Rape‚ sexual abuse and coercion‚ exchange of sex with older men for favours‚ sexual exploitation by teachers increasingly make women more vulnerable to HIV/SIDS. Among women alcohol and drugs are often linked to the exchange
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mother-to-child transmission of HIV10. How is HIV transmitted in Nigeria? Some 80% of HIV infections in Nigeria are transmitted through heterosexual sex. Factors contributing to this include a lack of information about sexual health and HIV‚ low levels of condom use and high levels of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) such as chlamydia and gonorrhoea‚ which make it easier for
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Comprehensive Sexual Education What has happened to today’s society that we are opposed to condoms because they might entice sex? When has allowing our youth to practice unsafe sex over safe sex been okay? We often think because we supply kids with condoms‚ birth control‚ and talks‚ that we are giving them permission to have sex‚ when in fact we are merely trying to protect them from STDs and pregnancy. We do not need to scare kids‚ but we do need to provide them with information about safe sex
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people are well informed of HIV risks and prevention strategies‚ they are changing their behaviour in ways that reduces their vulnerability. For example‚ in several countries‚ targeted education has led to delayed sexual debut and increased use of condoms resulting in a decrease in HIV prevalence in young people. Yet efforts to increase HIV knowledge among young people remain inadequate. Diverse lives‚ varied interventions Young people are diverse. Interventions must be tailored to meet their individual
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media men were not permitted to use the word “condom”. In 2002 that a commercial was finally made showing and promoting male contraception. It was approved by the local censor board with some modification‚ but when it was ready to be aired‚ the state run media resisted its telecast as the concerned officials got cold feet and said no. it should be “ qurbat k taaluqaat mein ehtyat kijye “ and use this ( condom was shown). It did not even use the word Condom. It was only after 2002 that all the modes
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[pic] Acknowledgements This was first ever systematic situational analysis of high risk behaviour groups under targeted interventions implemented and managed by Rajasthan state AIDS control society. We acknowledge the recognition given to the need of systematic intervention in the state of Rajasthan. We are extremely thankful to all those HRG members who participated and cooperated with us in carrying out the survey. Their patience in answering all the questions was praiseworthy though they
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On June 5‚ 1981‚ the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued its first warning about a relatively rare form of pneumonia amongst a small group of young gay men in Los Angeles‚ which was later determined to be AIDS-related. Since that time‚ tens of millions of people have been infected with HIV worldwide. This global epidemiology of HIV/AIDS is evolving in low and middle income countries. Women and adolescent females in Sub-Saharan Africa are more at risk of HIV due to an extreme
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activity. I think taking the pill without her boyfriend know is not a good thing even she doesn’t know what her boyfriend does when she is not around. It is better for them to talk about it and find out alternative way to practice safe sex like using condom or openly talk about it. If you look at the statistic‚ 1 in 5 adults is infected with HIV‚ which is a lot and no wonder why she finds a way to protect or prevent herself by taking pill. I think it will give hope to people to believe that pill is
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diseases and other associated health problems" (Debra Haffner qtd. in Koch). Of course abstinence is the only certain way‚ however saying this gives teenagers the idea that contraception like condoms are not effective and are not worth using. These programs only give negative statistics about the failure of condoms. It is not what we want teenagers to think. We want them to practice safe sex. Another form of contraception that teenagers and young adults need to be informed about is birth control (like
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35 who smoke) Female Condoms Description: Female condoms cover the cervix‚ the immediate area around the vagina and the vaginal canal itself. They are 7 inches in length and prevent sperm from getting through to the uterus Effect to one’s health: While female condoms are simple to use‚ some women find them irritating to insert and bothersome during sex. Practice and experience with the female condom usually eases concerns. Like the male condom‚ the female condom must be used properly and
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