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    1. HIV/AIDS and Teenagers December 1st, 2005 (World AIDS Day)

    2. OUTLINE Basic Information Statistics Women and HIV/AIDS Become an Ambassador

    3. Basic Information The Virus: HIV stands for Human Immuno-Deficiency Virus AIDS stands for Acquired Immuno- Deficiency Syndrome

    4. Basic information Ways of transmission unprotected sexual intercourse Contact with an infected person’s blood Breastfeeding Using blood products Injecting drugs

    5. Basic information

    6. Basic Information Means of protection abstinence condoms

    7. Statistics

    8. Statistics In 2004 in North Africa and in the Middle East 540 000 (UNAIDS) persons are infected 250 000 of them are women and rising Sudan is the most struck country: more than two percent of the population is infected. In Morocco officially 15 000 persons are infected. In Libya 90% of the officially reported 5160 HIV infections among Libyans having occurred in 2000–2002 alone Link to chart (Slides 5 and 6)

    9. Women and HIV/AIDS Women represent 57 % of all the people infected in Sub Saharan Africa Africa Zambia and Zimbabwe young adult survey has shown that young women (between15 and 24 years old) are six times more likely to be infected than their male counterparts Social norms impose a dangerous ignorance on girls and young women

    10. Women and HIV/AIDS Discrimination in education, health, employment, etc… Sexual and other forms of violence Lack of access to reproductive health Trafficking Stigma Economic Dependence renders women vulnerable to infection

    11. Become an Ambassador Now that you now a little more about HIV/AIDS, please tell your friends and families about it. Please make sure the facts are properly relayed. Ensure human rights are preserved and stigma is avoided AIDS is a threat and you know it, don’t let this epidemic ruin our future, we have to react quickly. The future is in your hands.

    12. Thank you Mayssam Tamim Mayssam.tamim@undp.org

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