Preventing HIV among young people

Preventing HIV among young people
Young people are leading the prevention revolution by taking definitive action to
protect themselves from HIV. A change is happening among young people across
the world, especially in parts of sub-Saharan Africa. Waiting longer to become
sexually active, young people have fewer multiple partners and there’s an increased
use of condoms among those with multiple partners. And HIV prevalence among
young people is dropping in many key countries.
The impact—HIV prevalence among young people is falling in 16 of the 21 countries
most affected by HIV. A groundbreaking study for UNAIDS led by the International
Group on Analysis of Trends in HIV Prevalence and Behaviours among Young
People shows that countries with a high burden of HIV have either achieved or are
on track to achieve the international goal agreed at the International Conference on
Population and Development in 1994 and endorsed by Member States in the
Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS adopted at the United Nations General
Assembly Special Session on HIV/AIDS in 2001 of reducing HIV prevalence among
young people by 25% in 2010.