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The spread of HIV/AIDS and the devastation it has caused are far worse than what was predicted 10 years ago. The far-reaching impacts of the epidemic are decimating the productive sector and straining the budgets of many developing countries. The suffering the epidemic has caused is almost unimaginable. In the hardest-hit parts of Africa, life expectancy has plummeted and development gains have been reversed. Worldwide more than 14,000 new infections occur each day.

Because HIV prevention is the centrepiece of UNFPA’s fight against the disease, it is being integrated into reproductive health programmes around the world. Prevention also encompasses a range of culturally-sensitive communications, services and interventions aimed at promoting safer sexual behaviour among young people. Prevention means making sure condoms are readily available and widely and correctly used. It includes empowering women to protect themselves and their children, and encouraging men to make a difference. Prevention requires advocacy at every level of government and messages in every medium.  

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HIV Prevention Now    Programme Briefs       HIV Prevention in Humanitarian Settings -- Issue No. 7     Condom Programming for HIV Prevention --  Issue No. 6 Voluntary Counselling and Testing (VCT) for HIV Prevention -- Issue No. 5   Addressing Gender Perspectives in HIV Prevention -- Issue No. 4 Preventing HIV in Young People -- Issue No. 3 Prevention of HIV Infection in Pregnant Women -- Issue No. 2 HIV Prevention Now Overview -- Issue No. 1    UN Special Session on    HIV/AIDS       Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS -- Global Crisis - Global Action  (All Languages)     UNFPA at the UN Special Session on AIDS     UNGASS Website