News

“Why me?” – Stigma, lack of information leave Myanmar youth in the dark on HIV

Condoms at a UNFPA-supported mobile clinic. Sithu, 21, did not know how to protect himself from HIV. © UNFPA/Yenny Gamming

10 January 2019

News

HIV prevention efforts must reach most vulnerable – adolescents, young women, LGBTQIA+ communities

“Condoms will just disappear from our homes and we will know they are being used,” said 'Maneo Ramabanta, in Lesotho, where HIV prevention efforts must reach vulnerable adolescents. © UNFPA Lesotho/Violet Maraisane

23 July 2018

News

Period shame, misinformation linked to serious human rights concerns

Menstrual health is a serious, but overlooked, issue among vulnerable women. Refugees in Louva, Angola, receive UNFPA-distributed dignity kits, which include sanitary napkins, soap, laundry detergent and other essential hygiene supplies. © UNFPA/Tiril Skarstein

07 June 2018

Publication

Implementing Comprehensive HIV and STI Programmes with Transgender People: Practical Guidance for Collaborative Interventions (the “TRANSIT”)

Number of pages: 208

Publication date: 06 Apr 2016

Author: UNDP, IRGT: A Global Network of Trans Women and HIV, UNFPA, UCSF Center of Excellence for Transgender Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, WHO, Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, USAID

Publication

HIV and young transgender people

Technical brief

Number of pages: 36

Publication date: 01 Oct 2015

Author: Interagency Working Group on Key Populations

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