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A teenager aged 15 to 19 is infected every three minutes with HIV, Unicef said Wednesday, July 25, 2018, alerting to a "crisis" of public health forgotten. Girls are the victims of two-thirds of infections worldwide in this age group, according to data presented at the 22nd International AIDS Conference in Amsterdam. "In most countries, women and girls do not have access to the necessary information and services or even have the opportunity to refuse unprotected bad" emphasized in a statement the director general of Unicef, Henrietta Fore. "HIV is spreading rapidly among the most vulnerable and marginalized, placing adolescent girls at the heart of the crisis" she added.
Children and adolescents living with HIV © AFP – Kun TIAN
Among adolescents aged 15 to 19, the number of AIDS-related deaths does not decrease
In 2017, 130,000 deaths of people under 20 years have been linked to AIDS and 430,000 new HIV infections have affected this age group. Among teenagers aged 15 to 19, the number of deaths is stagnating, while in other age groups it has been falling since 2010. Unicef denounced in a report "early badual intercourse, including with men older, forced relationships, the power struggle that does not allow to say no, poverty, and lack of access to confidential counseling and testing services. "
" We know it's related to the inferior status that is given to women and girls in the world " told conference delegates the South African actress Charlize Theron. "As long as we do not reach the youth and stop the epidemic at home (…), we will not achieve our goals" estimated the director of operations Unitaid (organization drug aid agency), Robert Matiru, interviewed by AFP
According to the International AIDS Society (IAS), four out of ten African teenagers have already suffered physical or badual violence from women. a man in their intimacy. This NGO denounces the absence of a policy of prevention against this violence or protection for the youth in very many countries. She also works to educate teenagers. "Young people have grown up, they are incredibly mobile, they move, they have forgotten that HIV is a risk, and we must, we can not stop pbading this message" told the AFP President Linda-Gail Bekker
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