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  Treatment in children and adolescents

  With South Africa’s current PPTCT guidelines, breastfeeding infants have a much better chance of staying HIV-negative too. Giving nevirapine to infants for the duration of breastfeeding...

  From:  HIV & AIDS treatment in practice

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  The beginning of change: the 2010 CHIVA summer camp

  Following on from our issue looking at young people, in October, guest writer Bakita Kasadha talks to the organisers and participants in the UK’s summer camp for teenagers...

  From:  HIV treatment update

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  How HIV harms young brains

  HIV paediatrician Anton Tan and clinical psychologist Diane Melvin write about the challenges to development and maturity that HIV imposes on children. ...

  From:  HIV treatment update

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  JD and Max tell their stories

  The geographical transition from paediatrics to adult care was minimal. In fact leaving the sixth floor of St Mary’s to go to their ground floor 900 Clinic...

  From:  HIV treatment update

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  Don’t forget SP: testing untested children

  ‘SP’ (not his real initials) was a ten-year-old boy who died of AIDS in a north London hospital in 2008. He was finally tested for HIV, and...

  From:  HIV treatment update

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  Coming of age

  Soon, the majority of children in the UK born with HIV will be young adults. Many already are. Gus Cairns talks to healthcare workers about helping...

  From:  HIV treatment update

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  Growing pains

  Why ageing with HIV isn’t just a concern for the over 50s, by Edwin J Bernard. ...

  From:  HIV treatment update

Young people news from aidsmap

• US gay youth PrEP study meets recruitment and adherence problems

  A small six-month pilot study of the feasibility and acceptability of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) in young gay men aged 18 to 22 in the US found that although participants reported adherence levels of 80%, their actual adherence (in the ...

  02 March 2013 | Gus Cairns

• Young people know less about HIV and are less trustful of condoms, French survey finds

  The first survey for six years of attitudes to HIV and sexual risk behaviour among the general public in France has found that young people are less frightened of AIDS than they used to be, are more likely to ...

  10 January 2013 | Gus Cairns

• Very high rates of HIV infection among gay/bisexual male youths in the United States

  Over a quarter of new HIV infections in the US involve young people aged between 13 and 24, investigators report in the November 27th edition of MMWR Weekly Report. Approximately 75% of these infections involved gay and bisexual young ...

  29 November 2012 | Michael Carter

• Unprotected sex reported by the majority of sexually active adolescents infected with HIV since birth

  Close to two-thirds of sexually active adolescents infected with HIV at birth have had unprotected sex, US investigators report in the online edition of Clinical Infectious Diseases. Many of those initiating sexual activity had a high viral load ...

  21 November 2012 | Michael Carter

• Most young Thai MSM define as heterosexual, even if they mainly have sex with men

  A large, randomised sample of 21-year-old Thai men, presented at the 19th International AIDS Conference in Washington recently, has found that by far the largest risk factor for HIV infection is gay identity. Contrary to the oft-quoted saying ...

  10 August 2012 | Gus Cairns

• Keeping children in school shows impact on HIV risk behaviours in Kenya

  Providing free school uniforms to enable children to stay in school, in addition to exposing primary school students to the national HIV/AIDS prevention curriculum, appeared to have a greater effect on reducing risky sexual behaviours among youth and in ...

  26 July 2012 | Carole Leach-Lemens

• Low bone density present in young men taking HIV therapy

  HIV infection in young men is associated with reduced bone mineral density, US investigators report in the online edition of Clinical Infectious Diseases. Antiretroviral therapy based on a protease inhibitor was especially associated with reduced bone density. “We report evidence ...

  04 July 2012 | Michael Carter

• Significant worsening of sexual health in England in 2011: gay men and young heterosexual adults had high rates of STIs

  There has been a significant worsening in the sexual health of gay and other men who have sex with men in England, new surveillance data released by the Health Protection Agency shows.  Infections also remained high among heterosexual young people, ...

  31 May 2012 | Michael Carter

• Financial incentives and motivational interviewing being used to improve adherence in young people

  St Mary’s Hospital in London is testing the use of cash incentives, in combination with motivational interviewing, in an effort to improve the adherence of a small group of HIV-positive young people. The rationale and first ...

  20 April 2012 | Roger Pebody

• Study from Zambia highlights importance of comprehension and consent in male circumcision programmes

  A study from Zambia has found that the majority of adolescent boys attending male circumcision programmes have done so by choice and with their parents’ approval, although some said it had been primarily their parents’ idea. It found that, ...

  21 September 2011 | Gus Cairns

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• UK: Fury erupts over government review of sex education

  The government today rejected calls for national guidelines on PSHE lessons, sparking a furious reaction from campaigners.

  3 hours ago | Children & Young People Now

• UK: Government criticised for failing to mention LGBT youngsters in sex education report

  The National AIDS Trust (NAT) says the government’s sex education review “makes no mention of sex education which addresses the needs of LGBT young people.” Published on Thursday, the Department of Education’s review of Personal, Social, Health and Economic (PHSE) Education in England recommends it continues as a non-statutory subject.

  3 hours ago | Pink News

• COLORADO: Abstinence Added to Sex-ed Legislation by State Senators: House Needs To Reconsider the Bill

  The Colorado Senate sent House Bill 13-1081, a bill designed to update standards for sex education in Colorado schools, back to the state House of Representatives for additional consideration, after adding requirements that sex education programs emphasize abstinence.

  9 hours ago | CDC National Prevention Information Network

• UK: Sex education is in crisis

  Sex education in our schools is shockingly inadequate, hit hard by cuts even though its benefits are proven

  04 February 2013 | The Guardian

• Condoms, HIV tests for KZN schools

  High schools in KwaZulu-Natal must immediately begin discussing how to provide pupils with access to condoms and how to facilitate voluntary HIV/Aids testing.

  31 January 2013 | Independent Online

• Does sex education exclude young gay people?

  How can teachers deliver inclusive sex and relationships education addressing lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender pupils' needs?

  11 January 2013 | The Guardian

• Two steps forward, three steps back – the current state of sex and relationships education in England

  Simon Blake argues that the early years of the New Labour government showed great promise for those who campaign for high quality sex and relationships education in schools. However an overly hesitant approach ultimately stalled the process and the current situation is rapidly regressing, with young people in the UK set to suffer the consequences.

  08 January 2013 | LSE British Politics and Policy blog

• Improved communication could reduce STD epidemic among black teenagers

  Black urban teenagers from low-income families face a rate of sexually transmitted disease up to 10 times higher than their white counterparts, but recent studies have identified approaches to prevention programs that might reduce this problem.

  14 December 2012 | Science Daily

• Infected and unaware: HIV hitting America's youth

  More than half of young people in the United States infected with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, are not aware of it, according to a new report by government health officials that zeroes in on one of the remaining hot spots of HIV.

  28 November 2012 | Reuters

• HIV Among Youth in the US

  About 50,000 people are infected with HIV each year, and 1 in 4 is 13 to 24 years old. Youth make up 7% of the more than 1 million people in the US living with HIV. About 12,000 youth were infected with HIV in 2010. The greatest number of infections occurred among gay and bisexual youth. Nearly half of all new infections among youth occur in African American males.

  28 November 2012 | US Centers for Disease Control

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