A UNICEF program in Yemen is helping young people learn about HIV transmission and prevention, as well as the rights of people living with the virus, global HIV/AIDS news site Plus News reports (plusnews.org, 4/24).
“It started as a small initiative led by a few people, but has now blossomed into a truly national effort, bringing about lots of national debate and openness on the issue," Nasim Ur-Rehman, a UNICEF communications officer, said in the article.
The rate of HIV among people between the ages of 15 and 49 in Yemen is 0.2 percent, the article reports. According to Ur-Rehman, the HIV/AIDS program is important in order to tackle complacency among youth because of the relatively low number of reported HIV cases.
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Beth Benne, RN, is HIV negative, but
the virus has impacted her life. She currently supervises a biannual HIV/AIDS awareness week as
the director of the student health center at Pierce College, a
community commuter school in Woodland Hills, California.
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Overheard in the Women's Forum
"I think that it's OK to be angry. I am sometimes—it's natural—we are HIV positive. but I always try to not let myself stay there too long. Let yourself feel you are human. You should not beat yourself up about being angry."
