A crisis is at hand:
Key Issues and Statistics
· A Jamaican adolescent girl between 10 and 19 years is three times more likely to become infected with HIV than a boy of the same age
·15-19 age group, four times as many girls than boys have reported cases of AIDS[8]
·AIDS-related deaths among adolescents between the ages of 10 and 19 increased by 50% between 2005 and 2012, rising from 71,000 to 110,000
·Culture of multi partner relationships and inconsistent condom use among adolescents especially girls (UNICEF).
·42.6% of 15-24 age group participate in transactional sex
·The average age of sexual initiation is 14.5 years for males and 15.8 years for females. Fifty percent (50%) of adolescent boys and 17-20% of girls have had sex by age 15 (UNICEF, Jamaica, 2013).
Unnuh gwaan form di fool.. nuh know wheh clock a strike...
Key Issues and Statistics
· A Jamaican adolescent girl between 10 and 19 years is three times more likely to become infected with HIV than a boy of the same age
·15-19 age group, four times as many girls than boys have reported cases of AIDS[8]
·AIDS-related deaths among adolescents between the ages of 10 and 19 increased by 50% between 2005 and 2012, rising from 71,000 to 110,000
·Culture of multi partner relationships and inconsistent condom use among adolescents especially girls (UNICEF).
·42.6% of 15-24 age group participate in transactional sex
·The average age of sexual initiation is 14.5 years for males and 15.8 years for females. Fifty percent (50%) of adolescent boys and 17-20% of girls have had sex by age 15 (UNICEF, Jamaica, 2013).
Unnuh gwaan form di fool.. nuh know wheh clock a strike...
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