Every day 2500 young people are infected with HIV. To change that Youth LEAD is working towards empowering infected and Youth at Risk of HIV exposure.
GO TO http://www.youth-lead.org TO READ THEIR PERSONAL STORIES OF EMPOWERMENT.
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INTRODUCTION TO HIV
For an introduction into what HIV is, please watch the following video. Please note that this video was made for another continent. Youth LEAD also doesn't agree with all the views reflected in the video. For example, while abstinence is certainly effective in terms of avoiding HIV infection, we believe expecting young people to stay innocent until married may not be realistic. As you could see from our video, this expectation often leads to many question remaining taboo in family and school environments, and that can be damaging. But apart from that, the information provided in the following video is well represented: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=heb9ju...
FOR FAST FACTS ON HIV, HIV PREVENTION, TREATMENT AND TESTING
visit the UNAIDS website http://www.unaids.org/en/resources/pr...
DEVELOPMENT AND THE GLOBAL ECONOMY:
For more information on how international development issues affect the global exchange of goods and how this translates into noticeable effects on domestic economic output we would recommend you have a look at this brilliant book: The End of Poverty: Economic Possibilities for Our Time by Jeffrey Sachs. See http://amzn.to/XUzclW
You can also watch Gordon Brow's TED talk on: http://bit.ly/8k9h2O
