The Ministry of Education and the Peace Corps on Friday launched the Youth Educators Safeguarding Our Workforce HIV/AIDS (YES) education programme which will be conducted in schools.
According to a press release from the Government Information Agency (GINA) 41 volunteers from six administrative regions—Two, Three, Four, Five, Six and Ten—were trained to conduct the programme in schools.
Dr Shanti Singh, Programme Manager at the National AIDS Programme Secretariat, told audience at the launch that 49.1 per cent of new cases of HIV reported to the ministry in 2012 were in the 15 to 34 age group. She also stated that the findings indicate that young people become sexually active from as early as age 14.
