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Interagency Youth Working Group

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Resources on Youth Reproductive Health and HIV/AIDS

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Young People Most at Risk for HIV/AIDS
June 25, 2009
Washington, DC

 

Representatives from the U.S. Agency for International Development, the World Health Organization, the United Nations, Centers for Disease Control, the Office of the Global AIDS Coordinator, and several youth-serving NGOs presented at the most recent meeting of the Interagency Youth Working Group. Nearly 100 professionals in the field of youth sexual and reproductive health gathered in Washington, DC to discuss young people most at risk for HIV/AIDS. Panels of experts addressed the unique needs of adolescent sex workers, men who have sex with men, and injecting drug users. Highlights of the meeting included presentations about successful programs that work with these vulnerable populations, information-sharing about best practices, and a review of some recent research on most-at-risk youth. The objectives of the meeting were:

  1. To provide an overview of young people (ages 10-24) who are vulnerable and most at risk for HIV.
  2. To provide examples of policies and programs designed specifically to address the needs of most-at-risk young people.
  3. To identify next steps in addressing the needs of vulnerable and most-at-risk young people.

The agenda included the following sessions and speakers:

Welcome and Overview
Debbie Kaliel, USAID Office of HIV/AIDS

Framing the Issue: Adolescents, Risk, and the Epidemic
Moderator: Linda Wright-Deaguero, CDC

Vulnerability and Most at Risk: Towards a Common Framework — for slide presentation, click here (PDF, 623 KB)
Bruce Dick, WHO

Panel on Perspectives of Partners: Opportunities and Challenges
Karina Rapposelli, OGAC — for slide presentation, click here (PDF, 129 KB)
Diane Widdus, UNICEF — for slide presentation, click here (PDF, 339 KB)

Young Men Who Have Sex with Men (MSM): Research, Program Experiences, and
Applications 
Moderator: Clancy Broxton, USAID Office of HIV/AIDS

Overview: HIV/AIDS and Young MSM — for slide presentation, click here (PDF, 519 KB)
Kent Klindera, amfAR

Public Policy and Government Programming for Young MSM: Case Studies from Brazil and Mexico — for slide presentation, click here (PDF, 320 KB)
Brian Ackerman, Advocates for Youth 

Reaching Young Men Like Us: HIV Prevention among MSM in Togo — for slide presentation, click here (PDF, 379 KB)
Donna Sherard, PSI

Young Female Sex Workers (FSWs): Research, Program Experiences, and Applications
Moderator: Koye Adeboye, UNFPA

Overview: HIV/AIDS and Young FSWs — for slide presentation, click here (PDF, 116 KB)
Jay Silverman, Harvard School of Public Health

Program Experiences: The SMARTgirl Program in Cambodia — for slide presentation, click here (PDF, 517 KB)
Kwaku Yeboah, FHI 

Save the Children’s Experiences from Vietnam: Reaching out to Young FSWs — for slide presentation, click here (PDF, 391 KB)
Brad Kerner, Save the Children 

Young Injection Drug Users (IDUs): Research, Program Experiences, and Applications
Moderator: Diane Widdus, UNICEF

Overview: HIV/AIDS and Young IDUs Diane Widdus, UNICEF — for slide presentation, click here (PDF, 496 KB)

Injecting Drug Use and Youth: PSI’s Programs — for slide presentation, click here (PDF, 168 KB)
Shimon Prohow, PSI

A Youth-led Perspective: Best Practices for Youth Harm Reduction Programming — for slide presentation, click here (PDF, 186 KB)
Kyla Zanardi, Youth RISE

Next Steps in Advocating for Most-at-Risk Young People
Moderator: Jenny Truong, USAID Office of Population and Reproductive Health

Synthesis of the Day
Shanti Conly, USAID Office of HIV/AIDS

Panel on Perspectives of Partners: Looking Forward 
Diane Widdus, UNICEF
Karina Rapposelli, OGAC
Brian Ackerman, Advocates for Youth

Wrap-up and Evaluation
Jenny Truong, USAID Office of Population and Reproductive Health

 

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