Re : situation du VIH/SIDA - cas du Botswana

2008-August-06

African ex-Leaders Urge African Governments to Join the Fight Against
AIDS

Former presidents of Botswana, Mozambique, Tanzania and Zambia and
other well-known figures, including South Africa's Archbishop Desmond
Tutu, are demanding more government action and public education
campaigns to prevent new infections in the respective countries.

[...]

Botswana has achieved one of the world's highest rates of coverage for
HIV treatment, delivering antiretroviral drugs in 2007 to more than 90
percent of those who need the medications.

Inadequate Knowledge of HIV Needs to be Addressed

[...] Many young people still lack accurate, complete information on
how to avoid exposure to the virus, and young people aged 15–24
account for 45 percent of all new HIV infections in adults globally,
the UN estimates.

Frank, accurate and comprehensive HIV prevention programmes for young
people are needed to reduce new infections among young people.

Nearly half the world's population is under 25. While knowledge alone
is often insufficient to produce long-lasting behavioural change, an
accurate understanding of the risks of HIV and how to prevent exposure
is a prerequisite to risk reduction.

Many young people lack basic knowledge about HIV prevention.

[...] While more than 70 percent of young men know that condoms can
protect against HIV exposure, only 55 percent of young women cite
condom use as an effective prevention strategy. In Somalia, only 4
percent of young women (aged 15–24) report accurate knowledge of HIV,
and only 11 percent of adult females are aware that condoms can
prevent HIV transmission.


learning about living : http://www.learningaboutliving.org

United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS : http://www.unaids.org

27th World AIDS Conference 2008
http://www.aids2008.org

Opening Speech by Festus Mogae, former president of Botswana
http://www.aids2008.org/admin/images/upload/784.pdf

eLearning in Health Education
http://www.elearning-africa.com/newsportal/english/kategorie_health.php


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