HIV/AIDS and Employment: Protecting Young People and Involving Them in Work-Related Solutions

By Wendy Santis, Cheryl Vince Whitman, Sridhar Venkatapuram, Laurie Rosenblum, Michael Rosati, and Puneetha Palakurthi

EDC's Health and Human Development and the Youth Employment Summit have written this paper to present the current knowledge and creative strategies regarding youth involvement in the response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic in developing countries with a focus on South and Southeast Asia. This paper also poses several questions for further exploration with the intention of developing approaches for involving youth further in HIV/AIDS work through employment opportunities. For this paper, "youth" are those between the ages of 15 and 24, as defined by UNICEF.

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Published by: Education Development Center, Inc.

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