Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS)
UNAIDS, the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, brings together the efforts and resources of ten UN system organizations to the global AIDS response. Young people in general – and orphans and vulnerable children specifically – are among the groups targeted by UNAIDS. Here is a sampling of the agency’s youth-related publications. More information is available on the “young people” section of the
UNAIDS Web site.
This UNAIDS/UNICEF/USAID collaboration contains comprehensive statistics on children orphaned by AIDS and other causes. It recognizes that orphans and vulnerable children are not necessarily young children and that orphans face problems that are specific to adolescence.
This four-page brief summarizes evidence that shows both the protective effects of education on children but also the deepening impact of AIDS on depriving some children of education. It is published with the UNAIDS initiative, the Global Coalition on Women and AIDS.
Published jointly with UNICEF, USAID, FHI, and others, this document provides guidance to governments, international organizations, and NGOs in the monitoring and evaluation of the national response for children orphaned and made vulnerable by HIV/AIDS. It includes methods and tools for measurement at the national level, as well as monitoring indicators, sampling methodologies, and other instruments.
This report, done with the UNAIDS Inter-agency Task Team on Young People and with WHO, provides systematic reviews of the evidence for policies and programs to decrease HIV prevalence among young people. Topics covered include school-based programs, mass media campaigns, community interventions, and young people at highest risk, including sex workers.
Short summaries of the report are also available, including abstracts in multiple languages.
This paper shows how education systems have responded to the HIV/AIDS pandemic and suggests issues that should be addressed in the future. These issues include overcoming denial that HIV/AIDS is a priority in education, making education more accessible and affordable, and focusing more attention on counseling and general health education. It was developed through the UNAIDS Inter-Agency Task Team on Education.
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