Adolescent Sexual Health in Developing Countries
There are over one billion young people between the ages of 15 and 24 worldwide. The reproductive and sexual health decisions these young people make today will affect the health and well-being of their countries and of their world for decades to come.
In particular, two international issues have a profound impact on young people's lives: family planning and HIV/AIDS. Women in less developed countries are 30 times more likely to die from reproductive health-related causes than women in industrialized countries. And, teenage women are twice as likely to die from pregnancy-related health complications as are women in their twenties. HIV/AIDS respects no borders, no economic class, no gender and no age. Current statistics on HIV/AIDS indicate that one-half of all new HIV infections worldwide occur among young people ages 15 to 24. Every minute, five young people worldwide become infected with HIV/AIDS. This is over 7,000 young people each day. The socioeconomic and political consequences of the HIV epidemic place these youth at further risk as the infrastructure in their countries comes under enormous strain.
Sexually active youth in developing countries need access to confidential, low-cost, and youth-friendly contraceptive services to delay too-early childbearing and protect themselves from sexually transmitted diseases, including HIV infection.
What You Should Know:
For Youth
Advocates' Publications on Adolescent
Sexual Health in Developing Countries:
- NEW! 2008 Good Parenting Calendar [calendar]
Produced by JA-STYLE, Jamaica*s Solution to Youth Lifestyle and Empowerment, a United States Agency for International Development-funded project (Contract No.532-C-00-05-00029-00) managed by University Research Co., LLC in partnership with Advocates for Youth, Health Strategies International, LLC, and Population Media Center.
- Acortando distancias entre proveedores de salud y adolescentes y jóvenes: Servicios de salud amigables en Bolivia, Ecuador y Perú [download the full document or by chapter]
- Adolescent Reproductive Health in Nigeria (The Facts) [html] [pdf]
- Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health in Sub-Saharan Africa (The Facts) [html]
- NEW! Adolescents: Missing from Programs for the World’s Orphans and Vulnerable Children (The Facts) [html] [pdf]
- Advocacy Kit for Growing Up Global: the Changing Transitions to Adulthood in Developing Countries [html] (Advocates for Youth and Population Reference Bureau)
- Advocating for Adolescent Reproductive Health in Eastern Europe and Central Asia [pdf]
- Advocating for Adolescent Reproductive Health in Sub-Saharan Africa [html] [pdf]
- en français—Guide de plaidoyer sur la sante reproductive des adolescents en Afrique sub-Saharienne [pdf]
- Affirming the Rights of Young People at United Nations World Summits and Conferences: A Guide for Youth Advocates (The Facts) [html] [pdf]
- en español—Afirmando los Derechos de los Jóvenes en las Cumbres y Conferencias Mundiales de las Naciones Unidas: Una Guía para Jóvenes Abogadores [html] [pdf]
- Creating Youth-Friendly Sexual Health Services in Sub-Saharan Africa (Issues at a Glance) [html] [pdf]
- Cyber Cafés, A How-to Manual: Including Designing a Web Site and Implementing an Online Peer Education Program [html] [pdf]
- en español—Los Cibercafés, Un Manual de Procedimientos: Incluye cómo diseñar un sitio Web e implementar un Programa en Línea de Educadores Pares [html] [pdf]
- em português—Cyber Cafés, Um Manual de Instruções: Inclui Informações Sobre a Criação de um Website e Implementação de um Programa On-line de Conselhería Par [html] [pdf]
- Cyber Cafés: Improving Access to Information for Youth in High Risk Situations (Issues at a Glance) [html] [pdf]
- Funding the Future: Resources for Adolescent Reproductive and Sexual Health Programs in Developing Countries [pdf]
- Gender Bias: Perspectives from the Developing World (The Facts) [html]
- en español—Tendencia a favorecer al sexo masculino sobre el femenino: perspectivas desde el mundo en vías de desarrollo [html]
- en français—Genre Biais: Perspectives du Tier Monde [html]
- Giving Up Harmful Practices, Not Culture (Issues at a Glance) [html]
- en español—Renunciar a las prácticas nocivas, no a la cultura [html]
- en français—Abandonner les pratiques nuisibles et non la culture [html]
- Guía para abogar por la salud integral de los/las adolescentes, con énfasis en salud sexual y reproductiva [pdf]
- The HIV/AIDS Pandemic among Youth in Sub-Saharan Africa (The Facts) [html]
- Impact of Early Pregnancy and Childbearing on Adolescent Mothers and Their Children in Latin America and the Caribbean (The Facts) [html]
- en español—Las repercusiones del embarazo y la procreación prematuros en las madres adolescentes y sus hijos en América Latina y el Caribe [html]
- Improving U.S. Global AIDS Policy for Young People: Assessing the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief [pdf]
- Improving U.S. Global HIV Prevention for Youth—A Critique of the Office of Global AIDS Coordinator’s ABC Guidance (Policy Brief) [html] [pdf]
- Improving Youth's Access to Contraception in Latin America (Issues at a Glance) [html] [pdf]
- en español—Mejorando el Acceso de los Jóvenes a los Métodos Anticonceptivos en América Latina [html] [pdf]
- Male Circumcision as HIV Prevention (The Facts) [html] [pdf]
- Overcoming Challenges in HIV Prevention among Youth (The Facts) [html] [pdf]
- en español—Superando los Retos en la Prevención de VIH entre los Jóvenes [html] [pdf]
- Powerful Partnerships: Linking IEC and Services for Adolescent Sexual Health (Issues at a Glance) [html]
- en español—Alianzas poderosas: vinculación de los proyectos de IEC y los servicios de salud sexual de los adolescentes [html]
- en français—Relier l'IEC et les services de santé sexuelle des adolescents [html]
- Protection Against Transmission of HIV for Women and Youth Act of 2007 (The Facts) [html] [pdf]
- Science and Success in Developing Countries: Holistic Programs That Work to Prevent Teen Pregnancy, HIV & Sexually Transmitted Infections [full study report html] [full study report pdf]
- Serving the Future: An Update on Adolescent Reproductive and Sexual Health Programs in Developing Countries (not available online in English)
- en español—Al servicio del futuro: Una actualización acerca de los programas de salud reproductiva y sexual de los adolescentes en países en desarrollo [pdf]
- en français—Servir l'avenir : Une mise à jour des programmes de santé reproductive et sexuelle des adolescents dans les pays en développement [pdf]
- Sexual Abuse and Violence in Sub-Saharan Africa (The Facts) [html]
- The Sexual and Reproductive Health of Young People in Latin America and the Caribbean (The Facts) [html] [pdf]
- en español—La Salud Sexual y Reproductiva de los Jóvenes en América Latina y el Caribe [html] [pdf]
- The Sexual and Reproductive Health of Youth: A Global Snapshot (The Facts) [html] [pdf]
- South-to-South Collaboration to Improve Programs for Youth (Issues at a Glance) [html] [pdf]
- Youth and their Communities Take Charge to Improve Youth Reproductive and Sexual Health in Burkina Faso
- Program Summary [html] [pdf]
- en français—Synthèse du programme: Les Jeunes et Leurs Communautes Prennent en Charge la Sante Reproductive et Sexelle des Jeunes au Burkina Faso [html] [pdf]
- en français—Les Jenues se Prennent en Charge: Synthese du Programme de Participation Communautaire Pour la Sante Reproductive et Sexuelle des Jeunes au Burkina Faso [pdf]
- Youth Reproductive and Sexual Health in Jamaica (The Facts) [html] [pdf]
- Youth's Reproductive Health: Key to Achieving the Millennium Development Goals at the Country Level (Issues at a Glance) [html] [pdf]
- Youth's Reproductive Health Targets Must Be Included in the Millennium Declaration (Issues at a Glance) [html] [pdf]
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