Abstract On average, 2,500 young people (15-24 years) get infected with HIV every day;
80% of which live in sub-Saharan Africa. Since no cure or vaccine is available, reducing …

These conclusions and recommendations mainly affect five parties: researchers,
intervention managers, evaluators, funders and scientific journal editors. Given the absence …

Objective: Systematically assess the effectiveness of HIV-prevention interventions in
changing sexual behaviour of young people (10–25 years) in sub-Saharan Africa. Methods …

Background While the HIV epidemic is levelling off in sub-Saharan Africa, it remains at an
unacceptably high level. Young people aged 15-24 years remain particularly vulnerable …

In response to the high and rising rate of HIV infection among adolescents in South Africa, a
number of school-based AIDS prevention programmes have been initiated by researchers …

This paper discusses the role of education in preventing HIV in children and young people
in sub-Sahara Africa and presents the results of policy advisory research conducted on …

Background Young people in sub-Saharan Africa are affected by the HIV pandemic to a
greater extent than young people elsewhere and effective HIV-preventive intervention …

Abstract Background The HIV/AIDS epidemic remains of global significance and there is a
need to target (a) the adolescent age-groups in which most new infections occur; and (b) …

Background: HIV prevention among young people in southern Africa is a public health
priority. There is little rigorous evidence of the effectiveness of different intervention …

In this chapter we will present evidence from a systematic literature review of interventions
designed to reduce the risk of HIV for adolescent girls and young women in sub-Saharan …