To achieve HIV epidemic control, adolescent girls and young women at high risk of acquiring HIV must have access to comprehensive, youth-friendly sexual and reproductive health (SRH) services that can also address their contraceptive and family planning needs. The 2023 UNAIDS report confirmed the urgent need to address HIV prevention among adolescent girls, indicating a
Adolescents and HIV epidemic control Despite years of advocacy and a growing evidence base to reduce vertical programming, progress on integrating services remains limited and, in many countries, HIV prevention and family planning (FP) continue to be offered as isolated services with limited options. Providing individual services in isolation places an unnecessary burden on clients
Bulusan, Philippines – Echoing through the small mountainous community, or barangay, of San Antonio is the high-pitched cry of a nine-month-old infant. The sound can be traced to a thatched-roof shanty that the infant shares with his two-year-old brother and his parents, Arlene and Anthony Gambas, along with two other families. Arlene, 19, admits she
