Five million people were newly infected last year, and 58 per cent were under 25. For young people worldwide, this is an issue that urgently needs addressing.
Shame within communities, lack of communication, survival sex work and inadequate education have let the epidemic escalate.
Poverty and HIV/ Aids are closely linked. Those living in poverty cannot pay for medical care to support relatives. And they have to survive without the income the relative would have provided.
The young are affected in many ways.
School fees in households affected by HIV/ Aids cannot be afforded, and children often have to leave school to work.
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