We can’t treat our way out of the HIV/AIDS epidemic, despite the advent of critical life-saving drugs. We must, as HIV/AIDS experts note, also “turn off the tap” of new infections, particularly among the most vulnerable.
Por esta razón, Creative Associates International welcomes the 2013 World AIDS Day focus of improving teens’ access to HIV prevention (and to treatment and care services.) Adolescents between the ages of 10 y 19 remain among the most at-risk groups for contracting HIV, particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa.
This happens for many reasons: Clinics don’t offer youth-friendly or confidential services, teens live far from health access points, sexual violence targets girls and women. Además, adolescent girls often drop out of school earlier and face economic vulnerabilities, driving up their risk. The list goes on.
