Impacts on Youth Enterprises
Fragment of a discussion from Talk:Ipyet/HIV/AIDS and Enterprise Sustainability
Dear Colleaques,
YES.
NEEDS FOR HIV/AIDS FOR YOUTH IN ENTREPRENEUR. The need to have HIV/AIDS Course contents for the Youth in Entrepreneur programme are AS follows:
Youth are vulnerable in nature to abuse,exploitation, unintended pregnancy,Sexual Transmitted Infection (STIs) and HIV
- Youth approach adulthood with conflicting and confusing messages about sexuality and gender
- Youth like adventure in life (trial period)
- They are sexual active group
- Youth are the pride of any nation
- They contribute to the development of any nation
- They are the major workforce of any growing nation
- They are extremely vulnerable to HIV/AIDS infection with a prevalence rate of 5.2% in Nigeria
- Almost 50% of all new HIV infections are among young people (Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, 2004)
- Youth can create demand and provide HIV information and life skills as peer educators
Presentations on HIV/AIDS Programmes on Youth in Entrepreneur The following are my suggestions on programmes for Small Entrepreneur on HIV/AIDS which are mainly on ‘The Principles, Methods, Prevention, Treatment and Management’.
- Understanding HIV and AIDS -Situation of HIV/AIDS in the world
- Differences between HIV/AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Infections
- Sign and Symptoms of Sexually Transmitted Infection
- Wrong Beliefs about Cure and Treatment for Sexually Transmitted Infections and HIV/AIDS
- How to Get and Spread HIV/AIDS
- Habits that increases the Risk of Getting infected with AIDS Virus
- Building a strong Defense against HIV/AIDS
- Methods of HIV Transmission and Prevention Management of AIDS -Signs and Symptoms of HIV/AIDS
- How To Prevent Getting Infected with HIV Virus
- Methods of Preventing HIV Infection
- Voluntary Testing for HIV/AIDS
- Pregnancy and HIV/AIDS
- Care and Support for Affected Person
- Being Your Sisters and Brothers Keeper
- Note: Some of the above topics can be diagrammatically illustrated with pictures for simplicity of terms
