Dindori, India –– Amrita Sahu stands before a group of adolescents and holds up a menstrual pad. It’s a bold move in a farming village in central India’s tribal belt where conversations about sexual and reproductive health among young people are taboo and adolescents have few opportunities to ask questions about their bodies. “Everybody knows
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
