Adolescent Sexual Health in West Africa: Rights, Realities, Responses
Author: Plan
File size: 2.6Mb
Number of pages: 44
Published: 2009
In 2010, the population of Africa will pass the mark of one billion. About 1in 5 of these people will be adolescents aged 10 to 19. What's more, the African continent has the fastest growing population of adolescents, expected to reach 300,000,000 in 2050. These young people are going through a complex transition at a breathtaking speed. One of these transitions is the maturation of their sexuality.
The report states that despite massive donor investments to combat HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases, adolescents are often neglected in social development initiatives and national health policies and programmes. This is turn, it argues, contributes to increasing their sexual health risks and making them much more vulnerable to HIV.
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