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Media Advisory
Groundbreaking UN study on HIV/AIDS
and young people, with latest statistics and new findings on behaviour
and knowledge
Who: Carol Bellamy, Executive Director, UNICEF
Peter Piot, Executive Director, UNAIDS
And young people who will share their own experiences Read
their bios
What: Launch of major new United Nations report, Young People
and HIV/AIDS: Opportunity in Crisis, that will become a benchmark
in the effort to combat the epidemic. It provides the first detailed
statistics on the knowledge and behaviour of young people in the realm
of HIV/AIDS, and includes an analysis of what's working and a series
of recommendations on how to involve young people in the fight against
AIDS.
Because young people are key to conquering the pandemic, the launch
of the report coincides with the release of new global AIDS statistics
on the same day.
When: Tuesday, 2 July 2002 14:30 EDT
Where: UNICEF Headquarters, New York
3 United Nations Plaza (44th Street between 1st and 2nd Avenues)
Background:
Produced by UNICEF, UNAIDS and WHO, Young People and HIV/AIDS: Opportunity
in Crisis is the first comprehensive look at the knowledge and behaviour
of people ages 15 to 24 relating to the disease.The study reveals that
the vast majority of the world's young people have no idea how HIV/AIDS
is transmitted or how to protect themselves from it. Yet it also shows
that adolescence is the time when the majority of people become sexually
active.
The findings underscore the central role young people must play in
the battle to stop the spread of HIV. The report outlines a series of
steps essential to fully harnessing the power of young people to protect
themselves and each other, and to help break transmission of the disease.
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For further information and advance interviews, please contact:
Liza Barrie, UNICEF Media Chief,
New York, (212) 326-7593
Wivina Belmonte, UNICEF Media
Geneva (4122) 909-5509
Itai Madabombe, UNICEF Media,
New York (212) 326-7412
The full report is embargoed until 1500 GMT Tuesday, 2 July 2002 (11am
EDT).
Video b-roll is also available, featuring five new cuts on youth
and HIV/AIDS.
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