HIV Prevention for Young People in Developing Countries

• Session I 
• Session II
• Session III
• Session IV

Session I - Should Youth be a High Priority for HIV Programming?

Moderator: Ward Cates, Family Health International

• Patterns of HIV Prevalence and Risky Behaviors Among Youth - Roeland Monasch, UNICEF. Monasch reported on both global and local patterns of HIV prevalence amongst youth, reminding the audience that 42 millions persons are currently living with HIV globally. 
• Adolescent Development and Risk and Protective Factors - Robert Blum, University of Minnesota. Blum reported findings from the study he is coordinating with the World Health Organization on risk and resilience in adolescent sexual and reproductive health.  
• Cross-cultural Issues in HIV Prevention Messages for Youth - Patricia Ware, Department of Health and Human Services and Martin Ssempa, Makerere University. Ware introduced the idea of culture, shared personal experiences about the importance of culture, and suggested criteria for how culture affects program development.

Session II - What do we Know About Preventing Risk-taking Among Youth?

Moderator: Anita Smith, Institute for Youth Development

• Changing Youth Behaviors: Findings from U.S. and Developing Country Research - Douglas Kirby, ETR Associates. Using data from the United States and Uganda, Kirby showed evidence that individual programs and country-wide efforts can have a significant impact, with important reproductive health outcomes, on abstinence, being faithful, and condom use (all parts of ABC).  
• Working with High Risk Youth: Lessons from Program Experience - Arletty Pinel, Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria. When working with high-risk youth to prevent HIV infection, programs need to see the reality that youth are engaging in high-risk behaviors - i.e., intravenous drug use (IDU), commercial sex work, and unprotected sexual activity - not address only what they want to see.

Luncheon - Youth Panel: Perspectives on HIV Prevention

Moderator: Shanti Conly, Office of HIV/AIDS, USAID

• Arie Passov, YouthNet
• Lan Tsubata, W.A.I.T.
• Neema Mbonela, YouthNet
• Sun Gil Taylor, W.A.I.T.

Session III - Sharing Strategies for HIV Prevention Among Youth

Breakout panels (Round 1): Each group will include two resource persons who will speak briefly to introduce the particular topic. Discussion will focus on best practices based on research and program experience, and priority research questions and programmatic issues to the addressed in the future.

• Incorporating Positive Youth Development in Youth HIV Prevention
• Programming to Delay First Sex and Promote Abstinence
• Mobilizing Faith Networks for Youth HIV Prevention
• Best Practices in Curriculum-based Prevention Programs
• Using Media to Change Social Norms Among Youth
• Increasing Consistent Condom Use Among Youth
• Special Youth Issues in Voluntary Counseling and Testing
• Preventing Injecting Drug Use Among Youth

Session IV - Country Case Studies in Reducing HIV Prevalence

Moderator: Shepherd Smith, Institute for Youth Development

• Promoting Health Behaviors Among Young People in Uganda - Martin Ssempa, Makerere University and Edreda Bampata, Uganda Youth Forum. In Uganda, national leadership, media campaigns, faith and cultural factors, and the promotion of abstinence and being faithful (reducing the number of partners) led to the sharp decline in HIV infection rates. 
• The HEART Campaign in Zambia - Elizabeth Serlemitsos, ZIHPCOMM. This television-based campaign in urban Zambia with intensive youth involvement and audience segmentation promoted abstinence and, for those sexually active, condom use, and achieved notable outcomes.

Wrap-up and Synthesis

Robert Blum, University of Minnesota

Closing Remarks

Shanti Conly and Roxana Rogers, Office of HIV/AIDS, USAID