Contraceptive Dynamics Following HIV Testing
Pregnancy and childbirth during adolescence profoundly affects the lives of millions of girls worldwide, and is a leading cause of maternal mortality and morbidity, and infant and child mortality. Every year, an estimated 21 million girls aged 15–19 years old in low- and middle-income countries be...come pregnant, and approximately 12 million give birth.
For many adolescent girls, the ability to control their sexual lives remains limited. Long-standing gender inequalities and discrimination, marginalization, harmful social and gender norms, and denial of rights, compounded by poverty and violence, render them vulnerable to early pregnancy, HIV and other health threats. Lack of age-appropriate sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) information and services create additional barriers to care and support; as a result, adolescent girls who become pregnant are much more likely to go on to have rapid repeated births.
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UNAIDS 2017 / Reference
Generating evidence for policy and action on HIV and social protection
HIV & AIDS Treatment in Practice No. 188
UNAIDS/10.03E / JC1767E (English original, March 2010) ISBN 978 92 9 173849 6
This report explores the extent to which evidence, policy, normative guidance and commitments on HIV and gender-based violence, and their interlinkages, is being translated into action on the ground in fragile settings. These issues are explored through the lens of training of peace support operatio...ns deploying African troops across Africa and beyond.
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Lessons from the Africa Regional Stigma Training Programme
Supporting community action on AIDS in developing countries
BMC Public Health (2018) 18:668 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-018-5594-3