Adolescents and young adults
Scoring a Goal for Adolescent Health in Africa
What does booting a soccer ball into the back of the net have to do with controlling the HIV epidemic? If you’re a young person in Africa, the answer is: Pass me the ball and I’ll show you! Thanks to Grassroot Soccer, an innovative organization that is making a...
Viral Load Toolkit Empowers Health Care Providers to Improve Patient Understanding and Treatment Adherence
“What can happen when your viral load is high?” “What would be good about a low viral load?” “How important do you think it is for your long-term health?” These are a few of the reflection questions from the flipchart for working with adults living with HIV, part of...
US Ambassador Meets ICAP’s Health Ambassadors and Learns How Young Women Are Being Empowered to Fight HIV in Tanzania
Out of every four adolescents newly infected with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa, three are young women. In Tanzania, ICAP is scaling up a project called FIKIA that seeks to change this statistic. The Chargé d’Affaires of the U.S. embassy in Tanzania, Acting Ambassador...