World AIDS Day 1999

Resources from UNAIDS

World AIDS Campaign with Young People

Worldwide, more than half of all people who become infected with the human immunodeficiency virus -- HIV-- acquire the virus when they are under 25 years old. It is tragic that HIV should single out a youthful and otherwise relatively healthy population group. But it is hardly a coincidence, given the daily circumstances of many young people's lives. As we have learnt from two decades of experience with this epidemic, the path of HIV is eased by poverty, lack of skills, violence, and harmful social norms such as machismo and early sexual debut.

Listen, Learn, Live!

• Campaign Key Issues and Ideas for Action: This framework document outlines the overall goal and objectives of the 1999 campaign and serves as a guide for action. Also available as PDF file (556 273 bytes pdf) (A PDF file requires the Adobe ® Acrobat ® Reader)
• Children and HIV/AIDS: More children are contracting HIV than ever before, and there is no sign that the infection rate is slowing. (431,528 bytes pdf) (Requires the Adobe ® Acrobat ® Reader) Also available as MS Word97 document.
• Facts and Figures about children and young people under 25 and how they are infected and/or affected by HIV/AIDS. (285 023 bytes pdf) (Requires the Adobe ® Acrobat ® Reader) Also available as MS Word97 document.
• Global AIDS Facts and Figures: This resource from 1997 still has relevant information
• HIV/AIDS Quiz for Young People: UNICEF
• HIV infection in Eastern Europe: Structural collapse sets the scene for the rapid spread of HIV/AIDS among young people in Eastern Europe
• Listen, Learn, Live! World AIDS Campaign with Young People. Also available as a PDF file (59 152 bytes pdf) (Requires the Adobe ® Acrobat ® Reader) or as MS Word97 document. (55,808 bytes)
• Statistical Maps and Charts detailing the devastation caused by HIV/SIDS worldwide
• Voices of Youth: A web-based discussion board sponsored by UNICEF where young people from all over the world can discuss HIV and AIDS in English, French, and Spanish
• Young People and HIV/AIDS: Overall, young people account for at least 50% of all those who become infected after infancy, and in some countries the figure exceeds 60%. (430 935 bytes pdf) (Requires the Adobe ® Acrobat ® Reader) Also available as MS Word97 document.

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