Publication Date: 04/01/2006

Description: Overcoming Challenges in HIV Prevention among Youth: Revisiting the United Nations General Assembly Special Session on HIV and AIDS This fact sheet summarizes the commitments that were made by member states regarding youth; summarizes data that highlight the current status of the HIV and AIDS pandemic; and addresses the social, cultural, and political barriers to effective HIV prevention for youth. Finally, it issues a call to action to fulfill the commitments made in 2001 to achieve a world without HIV and AIDS.