HIV Prevention in Africa :: HIV in Africa

HIV prevention in AfricaA continuing rise in the number of HIV infected batch is not inevitable. There is growing evidence that prevention efforts wad be effective, and this includes initiatives in some of the most heavily affected countries.One rude(a) study in Zambia has shown success in prevention efforts. The study account that urban men and women be less sexually active, that fewer had triune partners and that condoms were used more consistently. This is in line with findings that HIV prevalence has declined importantly among 15-29 year-old urban women (down to 24.1% in 1999 from 28.3% in 1996). Although these rates are still intolerably high, this drop has prompted a hope that, if Zambia continues this response, it could become the second African dry land to reverse a devastating epidemic. This suggests that awareness campaigns and prevention programs are presently starting to work. But a major challenge is to sustain and manikin on such uncertain success. What form should AIDS nurture abridge?Peer tuitionA social form of education without classrooms or notebooks, where heap are educated outside a school environment tho still have the opportunity to ask questions.Most peer education focuses on providing information about HIV transmission, answering questions and handing out condoms to people in a workplace, perhaps in a bar, or where a group of women gather to wash clothes.Most peer educators make hand with their target audience at least weekly and their sessions will usually be in the context of informal discussions with individual people or within a group. Active learningActive learning can sometimes link into peer education, especially when AIDS education is aimed at young people, as one of the best methods of learning something oneself is to teach it to others. mantel educationA general message aimed at the population as a whole. Blanket education usually aims to inform the population about which behaviors are dangery and to give them support in changing these behaviors. Targeted educationThis type of strategy is usually used to speak to social groups who are perceived as being at a high risk of HIV infection. It focuses on risky activities particular to the specific target group. AFRICA alertJanuary of 2000 kicked off the campaign to literally help keep Africa Alive in the new millennium. The Mission of the Africa Alive campaign is to give youth the skills they requisite to fight against HIV/AIDS. The vision is a new generation of Africans who are HIV/AIDS-free.