A teenager infected with HIV every three minutes

" In most countries, women and girls do not have access to information and necessary services or to do not even have the opportunity to refuse unprotected bad ", UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore said in a statement.

" HIV is spreading rapidly among the most vulnerable and most marginalized, placing adolescent girls at the heart of the crisis, "she added.

In 2017, 130,000 deaths of people under 20 were linked to AIDS and 430,000 new infections in Have affected this age group.

In adolescents from 15 to 19 years the number of deaths stagnates while in the other age groups, it has decreased since 2010.

Unicef ​​denounced in a report " the early badual intercourse including with older men, forced relationships, the balance of power that does not allow to say no, the poverty, and lack of access to confidential counseling and testing "

" We know that it is related to the lower status that is given to women and to girls around the world "South African actress Charlize Theron told conference delegates"

"As long as we do not reach out to young people and stop the epidemic at home ( …), we will not achieve our goals, "said Robert Matiru, Director of Operations at Unitaid (International Drug Aid Organization).

According to the International AIDS Society (IAS), four out of ten African teenagers have already experienced physical or badual violence from 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.

It also works to sensitize adolescents. " 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 ," said its president , Linda-Gail Bekker.