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“According to a recent report released by Unesco, youth in Africa are more severly affected by HIV and AIDS”
African youth most affected by HIV, says UNAids official
The Citizen
7 October 2013
Young people are carrying the burden of the HIV pandemic, UNAids regional support team director Sheila Tlou said on Friday.
"Young People are particularly susceptible to HIV infections and they also carry the burden of caring for family members living with HIV/Aids," she said in Johannesburg.
"Aids is shattering young people's opportunities for healthy adult lives."
Tlou was speaking a the launch of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation's (Unesco) regional report on comprehensive sexual education and sexuality and reproductive health (SRH)services for young people in eastern and southern Africa...read the full article
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