| High Level Meeting on AIDS Takes Place at the United Nations |
| The High Level Meeting on AIDS took place at the United Nations (UN) headquarters in New York on June 10th and 11th. It was convened in order to review the progress to date on implementing the 2001 Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS and the 2006 Political Declaration on HIV/AIDS and ... |
| Restrictive Sex Ed Policy in Utah Hampers Youth’s Ability to Practice Sexual Health |
| The recent event regarding a teacher’s comments during a sex education class in Utah reveal how restrictive state policies on adolescent health and education impede students’ ability to gain vital information on HIV, STDs and pregnancy prevention.
In Utah, on June 6, 2008 the Jordan School District of Utah placed ... |
| HIV/AIDS Implementers’ Meeting Held in Uganda |
| Over 1,700 implementers from more than 70 countries attended the second HIV/AIDS Implementers’ Meeting held in Kampala, Uganda on June 3–7, 2008. The implementers met to discuss lessons learned on scaling up prevention, treatment, and care programs; building local capacity to respond to HIV/AIDS; improving the quality of services provided ... |
| Pregnancy Boom in a Massachusetts Fishing Town Reveals Lack of Resources and Policy Support Provided to Teens |
| Time magazine first reported on a teen ‘pregnancy boom’ taking place in Gloucester, Massachusetts on June 18th. The article states that 17 students at Gloucester High School are pregnant and expecting to give birth, which is four times the number of pregnancies that the school has had in previous years. |
| CDC Releases 2007 YRBSS, Shows Racial and Geographic Differences in Youth Sexual Health Behaviors |
| On June 6, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released the 2007 Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS). The YRBSS monitors health risk behaviors among high school students, including sexual behaviors that may contribute to unintended pregnancies and STDs, among high school students. Over 14,000 high school students were surveyed ... |
| Abstinence Only Until Marriage Industry Launches Fundraising Campaign |
| In June 2008, the National Abstinence Education Association (NAEA), the lobbying arm of the abstinence-only-until-marriage industry, launched a campaign called “Parents For Truth” to gain the support of parents and raise money in their effort to maintain federal funding. [i]
The campaign is a fundraising scheme consisting of a website ... |
