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The Price of Ignoring the Sexuality of Kenya's HIV Positive Youth

“The problem is in the transition into adolescence and teenage years. You are dealing with young people who are at an age where they don’t communicate well. The needs of HIV positive teenagers are real and they are ignored just the same way the sexual and reproductive health needs of teens in general are ignored,” an activist said.

Published
03 December 2012
From
Inter Press Service
Disclosure and children
USA: 20 percent of youth with HIV didn’t know they were infected at first sexual experience

Roughly 20 percent of youth who have had HIV since birth did not know their HIV status when they first became sexually active, according to a study by a National Institutes of Health-supported research network.

Published
10 November 2012
From
NIH News
Disclosure and children
School rejects HIV boy's siblings

A primary school asked the parents of a four-year-old Whangarei boy with HIV to keep his two older siblings at home for their own safety after other parents came forward with concerns.

Published
15 May 2012
From
New Zealand Herald
Experiences of stigma
New Zealand: Parents deny discriminating over HIV boy

Angry parents are sticking up for the Northland childhood centre which kicked out a four-year-old boy for being HIV-positive. The Aids Foundation has labelled the Mokopuna Early Childhood Education centre close-minded, irresponsible and guilty of wilful ignorance.

Published
10 May 2012
From
TVNZ
Disclosure and children
Teenagers born with HIV tell of life under society's radar

HIV-positive youngsters who were infected before or at birth reveal their secret lives.

Published
12 March 2012
From
The Guardian
Young people
Sexual and Reproductive Health for young HIV positive adolescents

This manual gives guidance and direction to healthcare workers who recognise that sexual and reproductive health is a critical component of adolescent service provision.

Published
23 August 2011
From
Anova Health Institute
Support for families and children
More families are adopting HIV-positive children

While most adoptions present challenges, there's a distinctive set of them facing parents who decide to adopt children living with HIV. A twice-daily medication regimen, lingering prejudice and fear, uncertainty about the child's longevity and marriage prospects.

Published
03 April 2011
From
The Seattle Times
Disclosure and children
South Africa: Early Disclosure to Children Could Be Best

Disclosing your child's HIV status to them can be a difficult thing to do for a caregiver, but it's probably the best thing you would have done for them. According to the Wits Institute for Health HIV and Related Diseases, disclosure has incredible benefits.

Published
15 February 2011
From
AllAfrica
Disclosure and children
Kenya: Support Disclosure of HIV Status to Children

Children have the right to age-appropriate information about their HIV status and should not be the last to find out that they are HIV-positive, Human Rights Watch said.

Published
03 December 2010
From
Human Rights Watch
Young people
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

Published
01 October 2010
From
HIV treatment update
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