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UNFPA Goodwill Ambassador Lara Dutta, Miss Universe 2000, speaks with young people in India about preventing
HIV/AIDS.
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Providing young people with the skills,
information and services they need to avoid
HIV infection is the aim of the African
Youth Alliance (AYA), an exciting partnership
that brings together governments,
UNFPA, international and national NGOs,
and the private sector. Leading the AYA
are UNFPA, the Program for Appropriate
Technology in Health (PATH) and
Pathfinder International—with funding of
$57 million from the Bill & Melinda Gates
Foundation. In 2001, the partnership
expanded programmes in adolescent HIV
prevention and reproductive health in four
African countries: Botswana, Ghana,
Tanzania and Uganda. In 2001, the Governments of numerous
African countries adopted the New
Partnership for Africa’s Development
(NEPAD) as an indigenously owned and
initiated continent-wide development
framework, with an emphasis on eradicating
poverty and putting all African countries
on a path of sustained and sustainable
development. UNFPA and other UN
agencies are exploring modalities for
supporting the initiative, with the
UN Economic Commission for Africa
coordinating their efforts.
In Thailand, a Hmong woman carries her child.
Building on positive values found in all cultures,
UNFPA supports HIV prevention in diverse societies.
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The European Commission/UNFPA
Initiative for Reproductive Health is
the largest-ever programme of cooperation
between the European Commission (EC)
and UNFPA. The EC/UNFPA Initiative
works together with 19 European NGOs
and more than 60 local partners towards
improving reproductive and sexual health
in seven South and South East Asian countries
(Bangladesh, Cambodia, Lao PDR,
Pakistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Viet Nam).
HIV prevention is a priority in all
programmes. UNFPA, UNICEF and WHO are jointly
initiating the project Meeting the
Development and Participation Rights
of Adolescent Girls, with almost $23 million
from the United Nations Foundation
for planning and the first two years of
implementation. Countries participating
in implementation phase of the project are
Bangladesh, Benin, Burkina Faso, Jordan,
Mongolia, Mali, Malawi, Mauritania,
Russian Federation, Senegal, Sao Tome
and the Occupied Palestinian Territory.
UNFPA sponsored a symposium at the 6th
International Congress on AIDS in Asia
and the Pacific, sharing experiences on
HIV prevention interventions addressing
political commitment in India, trafficking
of women in Nepal, youth-friendly services
in Viet Nam, condom use in Cambodia,
and behaviour-change among youth in Fiji.
A joint UN initiative to prevent HIV
among adolescents in Central and
Eastern Europe, the Commonwealth
of Independent States and the Baltics has
created a virtual online network that links
36 youth NGOs and 98 NGO members
from the regions. It is also providing
training for a team of “master trainers”
to promote peer education in the region.
UNFPA provided support to the Latin
American Network in Adolescence and
Sexual Education to introduce innovative
education strategies for the prevention
of HIV/AIDS, pregnancy, sexual violence
and for gender equity and community
participation in 17 countries.
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