TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2014//
TI  - The sexual and reproductive health needs of youth in South Africa - history in context
JO  - South African medical journal SAMJ
A1  - Beksinska, Mags E.
A1  - Pillay, Lavanya
A1  - Milford, Cecilia
A1  - Smit, Jennifer A.
SP  - 676
EP  - 678
VL  - 104
IS  - 10
N2  - Adolescence is a time of rapid changes that influence behaviour, in particular decisions to engage in risky behaviour. Eighty-eight per cent of the 1.2 billion adolescents worldwide live in developing countries where access to sexual and reproductive health (SRH) services that could support them are often inadequate and fragmented. South African (SA) youth continue to be vulnerable, with an HIV prevalence of 7.3% reported for 15 - 24-year-olds in 2012. SA has a statutory commitment to address these problems, so the state of youth SRH has not been ignored. Many government and non-governmental organisation (NGO) initiatives have been implemented since SA's transition to democracy. The implementation of a school-based SRH programme provided by the Centre for the AIDS Programme of Research in South Africa (CAPRISA) mobile services is discussed in this issue of SAMJ.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0038-2469
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -