YouthAIDS is an international nongovernmental, nonprofit education, funding, and health initiative of Population Services International (PSI) that provides humanitarian assistance and brings global awareness to the proliferation of HIV/AIDS. The organization is based in Washington, D.C. and reaches out to 600 million youth (ages 15–24) in over 60 countries through the delivery of information, products, and social services. Methods used to address issues include film, television, and radio; celebrity spokespersons; pop culture initiatives; theatrical productions; music; and sports. Actress and humanitarian Ashley Judd serves the organization as their Global Ambassador. Population Services International and YouthAIDS partners with nongovernmental organizations and corporate entities throughout the world to develop HIV/AIDS training and awareness programs, along with opportunities for humanitarian service on global scale.
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YouthAIDS | Introduction
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Gerard Butler, Emmy Rossum, Patrick Wilson, Miranda Richardson, Minnie Driver, and Jennifer Ellison.
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Pinewood Studios
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YouthAIDS is an international nongovernmental, nonprofit education, funding, and health initiative of Population Services International (PSI) that provides humanitarian assistance and brings global awareness to the proliferation of HIV/AIDS. The organization is based in Washington, D.C. and reaches out to 600 million youth (ages 15–24) in over 60 countries through the delivery of information, products, and social services. Methods used to address issues include film, television, and radio; celebrity spokespersons; pop culture initiatives; theatrical productions; music; and sports. Actress and humanitarian Ashley Judd serves the organization as their Global Ambassador. Population Services International and YouthAIDS partners with nongovernmental organizations and corporate entities throughout the world to develop HIV/AIDS training and awareness programs, along with opportunities for humanitarian service on global scale.
YouthAIDS | Introduction
On holiday in South Africa she became aware of the scale of mortality being caused by the disease AIDS in the country and realised that the work and strategies she had put in place in her Romanian campaign could be applied to the rest of the world. This led her to create the YouthAIDS campaign in 2001. Kate Roberts founded YouthAIDS in 2001 as an educational and prevention campaign for the charity Population Services International (PSI). YouthAIDS is based in Washington, DC, while being active in around 70 countries.
Kate Roberts (YouthAIDS) | Early career
Kate Roberts is a British human rights advocate and humanitarian. She works on a global scale to develop programs and services which target malaria, child survival, HIV/AIDS, gender equality, reproductive health, and non-communicable disease. She is best known as the founder of YouthAIDS and Five & Alive, subsidiaries of Population Services International (PSI), where she serves as Vice President of Corporate Marketing and Communications.
Kate Roberts (YouthAIDS) | Introduction
In the early 1990s, YouthAIDS founder, Kate Roberts, moved to Moscow, where she focused on launching the Russian version of "Cosmopolitan Magazine". Her work took her to Romania, where she created a global HIV/AIDS prevention marketing campaign that, Roberts said, "increased condom use by 100 percent in the first year". In 1999, while on vacation in South Africa, Roberts became aware of the high mortality rate in the country, due to HIV/AIDS. One in four girls in the country were found to have contracted HIV or AIDS by age 14. Roberts recognized that the strategies that she had put in place in her Romanian campaign could be successfully applied on a global scale.
YouthAIDS | History
Each year, YouthAIDS honors individuals that have provided exceptional humanitarian service that brings awareness to the reality of HIV/AIDS. Past recipients of the YouthAIDS Outstanding Achievement Award have included Sir Richard Branson, Sir Elton John, Annie Lennox, Judy McGrath, Nancy Pelosi, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Senator Mary Landrieu, Senator Richard Lugar, and Bob Geldof.
YouthAIDS | Introduction
Some funding organizations in Australia are getting behind the work that Buzz Off is doing with the IDPs.
Youth with a Mission | Disease prevention and treatment
In 2001, with a handful of PSI supporters, the YouthAIDS campaign was established as an initiative of Population Services International. In 2005, YouthAIDS partnered with Aldo Shoes to produce a public awareness and marketing campaign, entitled "Hear No Evil, See No Evil, Speak No Evil". Through the sale of empowerment tags and lapel pins featured in ads with celebrities, ALDO has generated more than $10 million through this campaign, reaching 1.5 billion people in 25 countries. The print campaign encompassed black and white images of well-known individuals photographed by Peter Lindbergh. Celebrities that have participated in the print campaign include Christina Aguilera, Salma Hayek, Cindy Crawford, Penélope Cruz, LL Cool J, Elijah Wood, Josh Lucas, and Ashley Judd.
YouthAIDS | History
Health problems are rife, especially due to the prevalence of HIV/AIDS in certain regions. The United Nations estimates that 200 million young people live in poverty, 130 million are illiterate and 10 million live with HIV/AIDS.
Youth | In the Global South
An organization suffering from founder's syndrome typically presents many of the following symptoms:
Founder's syndrome | Symptoms
Five & Alive was established by Kate Roberts in 2007, as a subsidiary program of Population Services International, where she serves as Vice President of Corporate Marketing and Communications. The health program is a collaborative initiative of YouthAIDS, an HIV/AIDS education and prevention program of PSI. YouthAIDS and Five & Alive serve to increase awareness of health crises primarily facing the African continent, the Global South and developing world, while providing practical support and programming to save the lives of poor and vulnerable children. Five & Alive is an awareness, marketing and fundraising campaign of PSI that focuses on the global health crisis facing children under the age of five and their families.
Five &amp; Alive | Organizational overview
International Youth Day (IYD) is an awareness day designated by the United Nations. The purpose of the day is to draw attention to a given set of cultural and legal issues surrounding youth. The first IYD was observed on 12 August, 2000.
International Youth Day | Introduction
The Young Professionals Chronic Disease Network, or commonly referred to as YP-CDN, is a global network of roughly 5000 young professionals across 157 countries. The organization aims to mobilize these young people "to take action against social injustice driven by NCDs.".
Non-communicable disease | Young Professionals Chronic Disease Network
As the cause of ROHHAD is unknown, there is no way to prevent onset of the disease.
ROHHAD | Prevention
Activities of this organization include: production and distribution of advertising materials in Serbian and the languages of minorities living in Serbia, free distribution of more than 300 000 condoms per year, raising awareness of the society through media campaigns and outdoor activities which, amongst other things, include the preparation of the campaigns every November and December for the World AIDS Day that include street performances, concerts, fashion shows, film projections, theatre performances, art exhibitions and other activities.
Youth of JAZAS | Social marketing program
In Uganda, YWAM is working with villagers to provide relief for HIV/AIDS. They have established orphanages and are ensuring children are educated. British singer, Lemar visited the project in Soroti in 2007. In 2007, ARMS announced a new ministry focus – an international campaign against Malaria called Buzz Off. The campaign is aimed at empowering smaller NGOs and ministries working in Malaria endemic nations to tackle the problem of Malaria at the local level. In from 2009 to 2010 Buzz Off fed resources into Burmese Internally Displaced People camps providing LLIN mosquito nets into IDP areas through already established health networks.
Youth with a Mission | Disease prevention and treatment
He established TeenAIDS-PeerCorps (also known as TeenAIDS and TA-PC in 1994) and registered it as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit in 1997. He promoted the idea of a global network of trained youth volunteers to spread the message of HIV prevention to their peers, hence the name PeerCorps, which was registered as a service mark in 1997. He boasted that he had a volunteer group of hundreds of thousands of teenagers but could never produce any such records.
John Chittick | Career in Youth HIV/AIDS
H&M's Fashion Against AIDS campaign was launched in 2008. Since their inception, they have raised over $6.5 million for HIV/AIDS prevention programs. The campaign supports HIV/AIDS awareness projects through the donation of 25 percent of the sales price of all Fashion Against AIDS garments. YouthAIDS is one of the international charities that are supported by the campaign. They have used the donations from the campaign to support a youth center in Port-au-Prince, Haiti; and establish a partnership with an organization in Mozambique that offers peer education for young men, along with counseling and HIV testing. Funds have also gone to create an HIV/AIDS and drug prevention program in Yekaterinburg, Russia for high-risk youth.
YouthAIDS | History
Among its work is the preparation of educational materials, such as a publicity kit encouraging parents to talk to their children about HIV prevention, under contract from government bodies such as the Center for Disease Control.
Advocates for Youth | Introduction
The Youth of JAZAS organizes different activities for 1 December aimed to the fight against HIV/AIDS and to the contribution to reduction of existing stigma and discrimination in Serbian society. These include seminars, expert gatherings, addresses of the Minister of Health, Institute of Public Health representatives, members of PLHIV population, lectures about HIV, concerts and street performances supported by numerous nongovernmental organizations, state institutions and celebrities. On this occasion, brochures and educational materials about health are being distributed, visitors informed about HIV/AIDS and other STD's and about the most recent information about the epidemics.
Youth of JAZAS | Activities on the occasion of the World AIDS Day
Metro TeenAIDS (MTA) was founded in 1988 by a group of doctors at Children’s National Medical Center who called for a community-based response, as well as a medical response, to the HIV epidemic. They formed the Washington Area Consortium on HIV/AIDS In Youth (WACHIVIY), and began offering HIV prevention education services to District youth in 1989 under the leadership of Dr. Lawrence (Larry) D’Angelo, Director of the Burgess Clinic at Children’s National Medical Center. WACHIVIY began doing business as Metro TeenAIDS in 1992, changing its name in order to better reflect its client base. In 1990, after the death of Ryan White, Metro TeenAIDS established the Ryan White Youth Service Awards, “to recognize notable contributions in the fight against adolescent HIV/AIDS.” In 1997, Second Lady of the United States, Tipper Gore, joined MTA on World AIDS Day to present the award to Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, Donna Shalala.
Metro TeenAIDS | History
Meningitis UK publishes wallet-size Signs and Symptoms cards and downloadable phone apps which are freely available from the charity.
Meningitis Now | Awareness programme
Additional films include "India's Hidden Plague" on the National Geographic Channel and "Tracking the Monster – Ashley Judd and India.Arie Confront AIDS in Africa", presented by VH1 News.
YouthAIDS | Documentary
Individuals with this syndrome typically develop normally until reaching the second decade of their lives but the onset of symptoms has been observed as early as age seven. The first defect observed in individuals who suffer from this condition affects the auditory system and is known as bilateral nerve deafness. Another early symptom is the development of myopia (nearsightedness). In addition to bilateral nerve deafness and myopia, other symptoms that plague infected individuals early in disease progression include ataxia, muscle wasting, severe peripheral neuritic pain sometimes accompanied by elevated spinal fluid protein, and joint stiffness. The central nervous system (CNS) is affected with deficits in the cerebral cortex which indicate signs of mental retardation even though psychological observations appear relatively normal for individuals studied.
Flynn–Aird syndrome | Symptoms
This segment includes peer educators, as well as psychological and social support for people living with HIV. Operators in this area have been trained for their work through tuition with educators specially prepared for this, with social workers and psychologists.
Youth of JAZAS | SOS and informational services
The disease typically presents with joint pain, high fevers, a salmon-pink macular or maculopapular rash, enlargement of the liver and spleen, swollen lymph nodes, and a neutrophil-predominant increased white blood cell count in the blood. Tests for rheumatoid factor and anti-nuclear antibodies are usually negative and serum ferritin is markedly elevated. Patients experiencing a flare-up from Adult-onset Still's disease usually report extreme fatigue, swelling of the lymph nodes and, less commonly, fluid accumulation in the lungs and heart. In rare cases, AOSD can cause life-threatening complications, including hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis, IVDC, fulminant hepatitis, or disabling conditions such as aseptic meningitis and sensorineural hearing loss.
Adult-onset Still's disease | Signs and symptoms
Young Yatri Organisation performed a forum theater focusing on the topic of AIDS on December 2 at Xavier International College, KTM. The play was viewed by more than 300 students. YYO raised the issue of unsafe sex and drug abuse in the play, portraying these as two of the main causes of HIV infection. The play also depict the social and personal trauma HIV infected persons have to suffer.
Young Yatri Organization | Red Ribbon Campaign
Adult-onset immunodeficiency syndrome is a provisional name for an immunodeficiency illness. The name is proposed in the first public study to identify the syndrome. It appears to be chronic and non-contagious, affecting mainly people of Asian descent aged around 50. Cases first started appearing in 2004, primarily in Thailand and Taiwan.
Adult-onset immunodeficiency syndrome | Introduction
By the mid-1980s, public awareness of the disease AIDS brought notoriety to the brand due to the phonetic similarity of names and the fact that the disease caused immense weight loss in patients. Initially sales were not negatively affected; in a September 1985 interview, the president of the company that manufactured it stated that in fact, sales had increased as a result of this connection. Early in 1986, another executive of the manufacturer was quoted, "The product has been around for 45 years. Let the disease change its name." In 1988 (by which time the product and its name had been sold to the Dep Corporation) company leadership announced that the company was seeking a new name because sales had dropped as much as 50% due to publicity about the disease.
Ayds | Introduction
Prevalence of clinical symptoms suggestive of KBD reaches 100% in 5- to 15-year-old children in at least one village. Prevalence rates of over 50% are not uncommon. A clinical prevalence survey carried out in Lhasa prefecture yielded a figure of 11.4% for a study population of approximately 50,000 inhabitants. As in other regions of China, farmers are by far the most affected population group.
Kashin–Beck disease | Epidemiology
Yugoslav Youth Association Against AIDS – Youth of JAZAS (Serbian: "Omladina JAZAS-a" ) is non-profit, humanitarian organization committed to HIV prevention and support to the people living with HIV. Ever since its establishment in 1994, it has continuously been implementing projects of peer education, social and psychological support, protection of human rights, promoting voluntary activism, distribution of condoms etc. In addition, the Youth of JAZAS is also dedicated to "vulnerable groups": people of different sexual orientations, sex workers, drug users, young Romani population, MARA (most at risk adolescents). Also, the work of this organization includes education of health care providers, the police, public prosecutors, judges and Members of Parliament, ensuring that people living with HIV and vulnerable groups are involved in policy making processes at national and local level, and have their mandatory contribution to policies that guarantee their human rights and antidiscriminatory attitudes in Serbian Society.
Youth of JAZAS | Introduction
Eales Disease most commonly affects healthy young adults. Male predominance (up to 97.6%) has been reported in a majority of the series, however one study reported that men and women are affected equally. The predominant age of onset of symptoms is between 20 and 30 years. The disease is now seen most commonly in the Indian subcontinent and its global incidence appears to be declining, probably largely due to improved public health and nutrition.
Eales disease | Epidemiology
The total enrollment in schools was 87,319 and the number of people above secondary stage was 4,254. As per the report from World Health Organization (WHO), there were no communicable disease centres, one dental clinic, four general clinics, eight in-patient clinics, 18 out-patient clinics, 64 pharmacies, 80 PHC centres, one polyclinic, and no rural clinics or specialized clinics.
Nuqat al Khams | Demographics
YouthSays is an online youth opinion community that is operated and privately owned by Youth Asia Sdn. Bhd., Malaysia. YouthSays works with organisations and businesses to reward youth for collective action. Youths get paid money or prizes for participating in online surveys, advertising campaigns, and campus activities. YouthSays was founded in March 2008 for Malaysian youths only, but recently it has launched local versions for 3 other countries in Southeast Asia: Vietnam, Indonesia and Philippines. YouthSays is widely known for its active participation in youth campaigns and events across the region including SEAChange (Southeast Asia Youths for Change), Youth '08 and Youth '09, Malaysia National Youth Entrepreneurs Convention (NYEC) 2008 and 2009.
YouthSays | Introduction
The organization was started in 1988 as a collaboration between students, teachers and police to raise awareness to youth about the dangers of driving while impaired. In 1989, the logo was designed and the name "OSAID" was chosen. A newsletter was created and distributed among about 200 students involved with the project. The organization began holding workshops and launching media campaigns to get its message out. Scholarships have been awarded to youth shown to be exemplary in raising awareness of driving while under the influence, and continue today.
Ontario Students Against Impaired Driving | History
The disease is believed to derive from repetitive head trauma, and can lead to conditions like dementia, rage and depression.
Junior Seau | Introduction
Aside from newsletters, articles, annual reports and HangOut publications, the organization works alongside The Hong Kong Institute of Youth Studies to produce research reports on certain youth problems. It was found that most of the runaway population were from relatively low income suburban areas and public housing estates such as Tai Po, Yuen Long or Tuen Mun. Negative family and school environment constitute were among the two largest triggers for youth to wander on the streets. The study cautioned that marginal adolescents are prone to many risks such as premature and unsafe sexual activity and the infection of sexually transmitted diseases such as AIDS.
Youth Outreach | Research Publications
Intellectual development may be slightly retarded. Many afflicted with the syndrome are unable to walk. The syndrome appears in infancy. Affected children appear normal at birth but usually fail to thrive during their first year. The syndrome may predominate in males (71%). Most cases occur in children of Jewish descent, especially among Ashkenazi Jews. The disease is transmitted as an autosomal recessive trait. It is also commonly recognized as a betalipoprotein deficiency or abetalipoproteinemia.
Abraham Kornzweig | Disease
Young Heroes is a charity, based in Mbabane, Swaziland. With a focus on orphaned and vulnerable children and their elderly caretakers, Young Heroes directly addresses the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Swaziland — the nation with the world’s highest rate of infection — on three fronts: education and prevention; healthcare; and impact mitigation/poverty reduction.
Young Heroes (organization) | Introduction
The Eli Lilly and Company's Lilly MDR-TB Partnership worked with Children International to create a public awareness campaign in India in 2009 that continued for several years. Sponsored youth, trained as Youth Peer Educators (YPE), supported tuberculosis patients during their treatment and worked as change agents to decrease stigma about the disease and increase overall community awareness of the illness.
Children International | Eli Lilly
The primary symptoms of the syndrome include extreme proportional short stature, as well as distinct facial features similar to those exhibited by Nelson de la Rosa. There are approximately 100 known cases of MOPD II in the world at this time, spread throughout various ethnic backgrounds.
Nelson de la Rosa | Life
The International Society for Infectious Diseases (ISID), established in 1986, is a nonprofit organization that works to control infectious disease outbreaks and improve the care of patients afflicted with these conditions.
International Society for Infectious Diseases | Introduction
Loaiasis is hyperendemic in this area, but is regarded as a generally mild and painless disease... It is reported that about 17% of the population in this area carry HIV/Aids, however the survey is based on urban surveys in the capital.
Bankim | Hazards
Without rectifying the above-mentioned dreadful constrains, our youth is susceptible to anti-social ills practices and behaviors such as drug addiction, gang mentality, dependency, mental illnesses, and risky emigration to overseas. One of the main sector challenges identified was the difficulty of obtaining new playgrounds. Since the collapse of Somali regime in 1991, public lands were grabbed and claimed by individuals. New playgrounds could only be acquired through purchases or donations. Without obtaining funds for acquisitions of new playgrounds and for the restoration and improvement of existing playgrounds, youth would have an ample idle time to plunge into anti social habits.
Awdal | Youth and sports sector
Outbreaks that begin in the most remote parts of the world now spread swiftly to urban centers in countries far away. The epidemiological data in ProMED posts has been used to estimate mortality rates and demographic parameters for specific diseases.
ProMED-mail | Introduction
The WHO 2002 reports show that 34% of youth surveyed were afraid that the health services received at these clinics were inadequate, 57.3% of the same youth surveyed reported that health care workers were inattentive to their health concerns and problems as well as giving poor services.
Youth in Mongolia | Health
These are variable even within families. the main features are recurrent oral, genital and/or gastrointestinal ulcers, musculoskeletal and gastrointestinal complaints, cutaneous lesions, episodic fever and recurrent infections. The age on onset is also variable ranging from the first week of life to 29 years. The male:female ratio is 1:3.
Haploinsufficiency of A20 | Signs and symptoms
A critical challenge facing this population is youth unemployment, compounded by the HIV/AIDS crisis, gender inequality and disenfranchisement. Taking into account these factors, YCI's program rationale focuses on targeting these issues to promote positive youth-focused change in the developing world.
Youth Challenge International (Canada) | Overview
In 1993, Metro TeenAIDS worked with several young people from local DC high schools to help start what became the biggest HIV conference focused exclusively on young people – the Ryan White National Conference on HIV and AIDS.
Metro TeenAIDS | History
International Youth Day is observed annually on August 12th. It is meant as an opportunity for governments and others to draw attention to youth issues worldwide. During IYD, concerts, workshops, cultural events, and meetings involving national and local government officials and youth organizations take place around the world. IYD was designated by the United Nations in 1999 with the adoption of Resolution 54/120. International Youth Day's Slogan for 2014 was Youth and Mental Health. For 2015, it was Youth and Civic Engagement. The theme of the 2016 International Youth Day was “The Road to 2030: Eradicating Poverty and Achieving Sustainable Consumption and Production." For 2017, the theme of IYD is "Youth Building Peace".
International Youth Day | Background
The center's educational activities are in the form of workshops, implementation of educational courses and internships and apprenticeship courses, guidance and advice for students’ theses and holding journal clubs. From 2011 to 2014 a total of 300 persons from 45 Universities and 120 students from the Universities of Mashhad, Tehran, Hamadan and Pasteur Institute of Iran completed the necessary educational programs in the form of workshops or apprenticeship programs.
Research Centre for Emerging and Reemerging Infectious Diseases | (B) Educational activities
Medical students' disease (also known as second year syndrome or intern's syndrome) is a condition frequently reported in medical students, who perceive themselves to be experiencing the symptoms of a disease that they are studying. The condition is associated with the fear of contracting the disease in question. Some authors suggested that the condition must be referred to as nosophobia rather than "hypochondriasis", because the quoted studies show a very low percentage of hypochondriacal character of the condition, and hence the term "hypochondriasis" would have ominous therapeutic and prognostic indications. The reference suggests that the condition is associated with immediate preoccupation with the symptoms in question, leading the student to become unduly aware of various casual psychological and physiological dysfunctions; cases show little correlation with the severity of psychopathology, but rather with accidental factors related to learning and experience.
Medical students' disease | Introduction
MYH was founded in August 2001 by Mohammed Sadiq Mamdani, who at the time was 18, in response to the social problems endured by Muslim youth in the UK. It was at college that Mamdani first realised the extent of isolation that today's young Muslims experience; while problems such as drug misuse, depression and sexuality are issues common among many young people, he believed that young Muslims often need advice that takes into account broader religious and social contexts.
Muslim Youth Helpline | 2001-2003: Foundation
Chittick first became aware of AIDS in the 1980s when media reports focused on the immunological disease that caught the world's attention. He changed his focus at Harvard to the rising risk of adolescents to AIDS and the need for more effective, age-appropriate prevention information. In his doctoral thesis, he predicted a future HIV epidemic among maturing teens that engage in unprotected sex and lack medically accurate knowledge, often because of censorship. Dr. Chittick began his first AIDS speaking at the 1992 World AIDS Day Commemoration in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. He next presented original research on youth vulnerability at the 1993 National HIV/AIDS Update Conference in San Francisco.
John Chittick | Career in Youth HIV/AIDS
Eventually the disease passed and they were all able to return to their normal life of work once again.
Isabel Flick | Teenage and adult years
Four award–winning documentaries aired on December 1, 2006, on TLC, VH1, The Discovery Channel, and the National Geographic Channel aimed at raising awareness about the global HIV/AIDS crisis, while they follow YouthAIDS Global Ambassador Ashley Judd through the most afflicted areas of Africa, Central America and India. "Ashley Judd and YouthAIDS: Confronting the Pandemic" airs on World AIDS Day and chronicles Judd's journey (along with fellow YouthAIDS ambassador, actress Salma Hayek) through communities in Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua that have been devastated by HIV/AIDS. Judd told reporters that during the shooting of the documentary both she and Hayek were able to come face to face with the disease in hospices, clinics, brothels, and slums.
YouthAIDS | Documentary
In August 1999, Deborah Asnis, an infectious disease specialist at Flushing Hospital Medical Center in Queens, noticed two male patients who were suffering from similar, unusual symptoms. The two patients, aged 60 and 75 respectively, were exhibiting sudden paralysis in their in their arms and legs, as well as disorientation and high fevers. Lab testing also showed elevated numbers of white blood cells within the spinal fluid of both males. None of the patients were responding to antiviral drugs. Possible early hypothesizes included botulism, viral encephalitis, Guillain–Barré syndrome, or meningitis, but none of these illnesses exactly matched the symptoms. Asnis decided to pursue a more concrete diagnosis by contacting authorities and other colleagues.
Deborah Asnis | West Nile discovery in the United States
Symptoms and severity of the disorder appear to be different in patients and sometimes lead to early childhood death. In other words, although older patients present most of the above-mentioned symptoms, younger patients experience loss of developmental milestones and death in their early infancy.
ADPRHL2 | Introduction
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention conducted a 2015 Youth Risk and Behavior Survey (YRBS) ,that surveyed approximately 1,285,000 LGB youth out of 16,067,000 students total in grades 9-12 nationwide and was able to provide evidence of greater physical and mental vulnerabilities among the youth of the LGBT community.
LGBT youth vulnerability | Health studies
The chairman of the charity is Robert Jones who chairs a twelve-person committee. The charity is supported by Staff Services from the UK's health services. It has received coverage in the international media including the BBC.
Medaid4kids | Management
In October 2006 five year long project of maximum 9 million euros for fighting against AIDS in Serbia has been granted for the period from 2007 to 2012. The whole project implementation by the Youth of JAZAS has been divided into different sectors of service provision. These include: intravenous drug users, commercial sex workers, adolescents at highest risk - MARA (Most At Risk Adolescents), young Romani decision makers, PLHIV as well as "International Help Network" from Belgrade for reduction of stigma in all environments, strengthening of civil society and all participants on gender issues and institutional increase of capacities.
Youth of JAZAS | Cooperation with the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
In 1999, the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation provided major funding for the loveLife website, an online sexual health and relationship resource for teenagers. In 2011, the Botswana Ministry of Education introduced new HIV/AIDS educational technology in local schools. The TeachAIDS prevention software, developed at Stanford University, was distributed to every primary, secondary, and tertiary educational institution in the country, reaching all learners from 6 to 24 years of age nationwide.
HIV/AIDS in Africa | Prevention efforts
satirizing the provincialism of life in New York City." A 2020 "Lapham's Quarterly" article, however, observed that the press "saw evidence of Girdner’s syndrome everywhere." A "New York Tribune" article on "Newyorkitis" reported in 1905 that “there were three thousand cases of men falling dead or dying suddenly, an increase of five hundred over any previous year.” In 1908, the "Tribune" reported that treatment for the condition was being offered at a New York YMCA. It was described as "straight psychology applied directly to the abnormal conditions of urban business and social life."
Newyorkitis | The "affliction"
Yfoundations was also concerned at the lack of awareness at the political and policy level and the lack of traction on the political/policy agenda.
Youth Homelessness Matters Day | Introduction
TeachAids (pronounced ) is a nonprofit social enterprise that develops global HIV prevention education technology products, based on an approach invented through research at Stanford University. The TeachAids software has been cited as a model health intervention. Since the materials bypass issues of stigma, they allow HIV prevention education to be provided to communities where it has previously not been allowed. In other communities, the tutorials provide the highest learning effects and comfort rates of any tested educational approach. The TeachAids products are animated, interactive software tutorials, developed for individual cultures and languages, and incorporating the voices of celebrities from each region.
TeachAIDS | Introduction
Symptoms of disease are more severe in males, who are generally diagnosed in early childhood. Children afflicted by CLS display cognitive disabilities of varying severity. Additional neuromuscular features include sleep apnea, muscular spasticity, progressive loss of muscle strength and tone leading to paraplegia or partial paralysis. Affected individuals are at elevated risk of stroke. Some patients experience stimulus-induced drop attacks (SIDAs, temporary paralytic episodes without loss of consciousness), triggered by unpredictable environmental stimuli (touch, scents, sounds, etc.). SIDA episodes become more frequent as the disease progresses, and become frequent around adolescence in males. Additional clinical physical features include small, soft hands with tapered fingers.
Coffin–Lowry syndrome | Symptoms and diagnosis
In response, an operation was arranged to smuggle young people across the country in small groups. Jan Myrdal wrote about incidents where young people were shot at when trying to cross the border.
3rd World Festival of Youth and Students | Introduction
Drishti (Vision), Hrudaya (Heart), Arogya (Health), Vidya (Education), Nypunya (Skillset) and Parirakshna (Restoring) are the core areas that the foundation is working in. The Asian Institute of Gastroenterology, CARE Hospitals and LV Prasad Eye Institute are key partners in the initiative. In 2010, Nimmagadda Foundation donated to TeachAIDS to fund the creation of new state-of-the-art HIV/AIDS education for India.
Nimmagadda Foundation | Introduction
YouthSays is widely known for its participation in youths campaigns and events across the region.
YouthSays | Youth Campaigns and Events
The National Youth Organisation (NYO) is a representative body of students and young people in the Republic of Ireland, which focuses on issues that affect young people. The Organisation has launched numerous campaigns, namely a national youth protest in 2008 which focused on the lack of say young people have in society. The National Youth Organisation is headed by an Executive which is chaired by the President of the Organisation. As of 2008, the President was Aidan McGrath. The Organisation is involved in a number of campaigns including anti-bullying, mental health campaigns, promotion of youth council campaigns, student council promotion campaigns and even health campaign, it was also involved in creating an advertisement campaign alongside the Health Service Executive to promote positive mental health for young people.
National Youth Organisation (Ireland) | Introduction
The World Organisation of Students and Youth (WOSY) is an international student and youth organisation with India as headquarters. It was founded in Delhi on 29 October 1985.
World Organisation of Students and Youth | Introduction
In 2009 the organisers chose to organise a campaign to warn youth against the dangers of HIV and AIDS. According to them, taboos are being broken, and the Moroccan youth is sufficiently mature and open to be warned about subjects such as sexuality, dangerous practices, and drug abuse. Six schools in Rabat (Moulay Youssef, Ben Mbarek, Zahra, Stwaki, Dar Essalam, Les Orangers) and four in Casablanca (Al Jabr, Lyautey, Mohammed V and La Résidence) have been chosen to participate. Battouma, a member of AIESEC-Anfa, whose premises are located at the Supinfo school said: "We want to make things more fun by having them explained by young people, but by being direct".
Answers Solutions Knowledge | 2009 campaign
Symptoms to watch for are dry or sticky mouth, headache, dizziness, cramps, unusual fatigue, confusion, and loss of consciousness
Health issues in youth sports | Heat illness and dehydration
As Live Aid founder Bob Geldof states, "Stigma, shame and fear can suffocate awareness. These barriers prevent people from getting tested, receiving treatment, and clearing themselves of this disease". A number of celebrities diagnosed with the disease have decided to go public to raise awareness about hepatitis C and to encourage more people to get tested for the disease.
List of people with hepatitis C | Introduction
The National Youth Organisation (, ; Acronym: NYO), is a youth organisation active in Pakistan. It was founded by Asfandyar Wali Khan in 2013 and its first meeting was held on 1 June 2013; the members of the meetings were notified as core committee/central advisory body for drafting constitution and manifesto. Its current President is Khushal Khan, son of Afrasiab Khattak who was elected by the Central Council on 7 June 2014 for period of 2 years.
National Youth Organisation (Pakistan) | Introduction
The main FAD objective was to mobilize citizenship to aid youngsters to overcome drug addiction at a time when heroin was wreaking havoc in Western countries. Apart from trying to alleviate the effects of drugs and repress its trafficking and consumption, its founder wanted society to give teenagers strong moral backup to repel them and to be brave enough to answer “No thank you” if tempted, as could be read on their posters during their first publicity campaign.
Manuel Gutiérrez Mellado | Last years
HIV/AIDS is a major cause of death amongst youth in Africa, particularly young women who are more vulnerable of contracting HIV than young men in the same location and circumstances. Other diseases, such as tuberculosis (TB) and malaria, are also in the top five causes of mortality among the youth population.
Youth in Africa | Health
Nutritious mid day meals to the hapless elderly, destitute and poor people. Four Day care centres with play items and mid day meal for up to 6yrs age group children of working mothers in hazardous jobs. Skill development including Fashion Design training to the Economically disadvantaged Women.
SERUDS | The Ongoing Initiatives
The ROHHAD Association is an organization that aims to increase awareness for ROHHAD and promote research opportunities. They also organized fundraisers and events in order to give to researchers and promote visibility of ROHHAD. ROHHAD Fight Inc is a charity that was created for Marisa, a child who was diagnosed with ROHHAD, with the goal of raising awareness for the condition.
ROHHAD | Society
The swash.com website uses AIDS 2.0 as the moniker for maybe another, apparently highly contagious AIDS-like condition described by The Epoch Times. The Daily Beast has described this disease emphatically as not AIDS 2.0.
Adult-onset immunodeficiency syndrome | Society and culture
Metro TeenAIDS (MTA) was a nonprofit organization based in Washington, D.C. in operation from 1988 to 2015. MTA addressed the severe HIV/AIDS epidemic in the National Capital region by focusing on the needs of children and youth. For more than 25 years, MTA provided a wide variety of HIV prevention services to youth, as well as services for youth affected by HIV/AIDS in the District of Columbia and the surrounding area.
Metro TeenAIDS | Introduction
The Youth of JAZAS has 16-year-long experience in programs of peer education, training them to become educators, starting with educating the young people of the similar age, continuing with becoming trainers about HIV/AIDS themselves. Within this program 230 000 people in Serbia were trained. Since its establishment, the Youth of JAZAS has chosen this kind of education and enabled young people to acquire the knowledge from their peers on the matters they are mostly concerned about: sensitive subjects of the HIV/AIDS, STD's and substance dependence. Two very important manuals for young generations in Serbia have been created in the year 2000: the "Manual for HIV/AIDS" and the "Manual of infectious diseases for peer educators" which contain all the relevant information for their work.
Youth of JAZAS | Peer education program
At least one physician associates the symptoms with tuberculosis. Some lethal overwhelming infections are reported, aggravating people who already suffer other conditions such as HIV/AIDS.
Adult-onset immunodeficiency syndrome | Signs and symptoms
Signs of familial dysbetaproteinemia include xanthoma striatum palmare (orange or yellow discoloration of the palms) and tuberoeruptive xanthomas over the elbows and knees. The disease leads to premature atherosclerosis and therefore a possible early onset of coronary artery disease and peripheral vascular disease leading to a heart attack, i.e. myocardial infarction, chest pain on exercise, i.e. angina pectoris or stroke in young adults or middle aged patients.
Familial dysbetalipoproteinemia | Signs and symptoms
As the number progresses upwards past 400, the symptoms show themselves during childhood or infancy.
Anticipation (genetics) | Disease mechanisms
Young people aged 15 to 24 account for an estimated 40 per cent of new adult (15+) HIV infections worldwide. In some parts of the world, and in some marginalized sub-groups, the most frequent modes of HIV transmission for these young people are unsafe injecting drug use and unsafe sexual activities. Because young people are also often more likely to use drugs, The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) targets this population with a campaign to raise awareness about drug use and its connection to the spread of HIV and AIDS. The slogan: "Think Before You Start ...
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime | "Think AIDS" – World AIDS Campaign
There is contention among critics and analysts over what this demographic dividend could mean for African nations; some believe that, with effective governance, the economy could significantly benefit and develop, whilst others have argued that a large, poorly-managed youth population may lead to greater instability and civil conflict. A 2004 study found that young people are the most likely to commit violent acts, as well as more likely to become victims of violence themselves. The youths of Africa experience the globalisation of culture in many different forms, such as through fashion and music, including American rap and hip-hop. A further significant issue for Africa's youth population is the prevention, treatment and eradication of disease, with particular reference to HIV/AIDS, which remains a major cause of morbidity and mortality amongst African youths.
Youth in Africa | Introduction
John Chittick (February 27, 1948 – April 5, 2017) was a youth HIV/AIDS specialist known for his series of Global AIDS Walks to fight the spread of HIV by educating youth. He worked in over 85 countries providing outreach to young people at the grassroots level. A former lecturer on AIDS at Harvard School of Public Health, he spoke about adolescent HIV/AIDS nationally and internationally at conferences. He was the executive director and founder of TeenAIDS-PeerCorps, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit youth AIDS advocacy organization with its headquarters in Norfolk, Virginia. His latest initiative was conducting live public HIV testing of youth in the U.S.
John Chittick | Introduction
The DHS Program has interviewed thousands of young people and gathered information about their education, employment, media exposure, nutrition, sexual activity, fertility, unions, and general reproductive health, including HIV prevalence. The Youth Corner on the DHS website presents findings about youth and features profiles of young adults ages 15–24 from more than 30 countries worldwide. The Youth Corner is part of the broader effort by the Interagency Youth Working Group (IYWG) to help program managers, donors, national and local governments, teachers, religious leaders, and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) plan and implement programs to improve the reproductive health of young adults.
Demographic and Health Surveys | Youth
The juvenile, acute form is characterised by symptoms, such as fever, weight loss and feeling unwell together with enlarged lymph nodes and enlargement of the liver and spleen. This form is most often disseminated, with symptoms manifesting depending on the organs involved. Skin and mucous membrane lesions are often present, and bone involvement may occur in severe cases. This acute, severe presentation may mimic tuberculosis, lymphoma or leukaemia.
Paracoccidioidomycosis | Juvenile (acute/subacute) form
Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY) is a humanitarian charitable organisation helping to raise awareness of young sudden cardiac death (YSCD, SCD), including sudden arrhythmic death syndrome (SADS, SDS). CRY was established in May 1995 by Alison Cox MBE and is based in the United Kingdom. The charity supports the families of victims of YSCD, facilitates the heart screening of young people through cardiac testing programmes and contributes to medical research. The CRY General Election Manifesto 2015 states: “Through awareness, support and screening many deaths can be prevented, and research into these conditions will be the key to providing the knowledge crucial to saving these young lives.”
Cardiac Risk in the Young | Introduction
Youthforce was an international youth network founded in 1999 to raise visibility around the impact of HIV/AIDS on youth. Youthforce was one of two youth partners who initiated the Youthforce, a self-sustaining international brand and umbrella under which youth from around the world partner with global stakeholders to raise their voice on HIV/AIDS. Each Youthforce creates its own identity and gives space to youth to be heard. The highlight of Youthforce was an "MTV Ask the Leaders" session featuring former president Bill Clinton, actor Rupert Everett and Peter Piot of UNAIDS. One of the first sessions of its kind, it was broadcast worldwide as part of MTV's Staying Alive Campaign.
Youth Against AIDS | Introduction
Having served its intended goal as a catalyst to the creation of an international youth movement on HIV/AIDS, YAA's identity gradually gave way to the Youthforce and a new generation of youth with different concerns, yet all with needs for visibility. YAA disbanded as an entity after the Bangkok AIDS Conference.
Youth Against AIDS | International advocacy
Rachel Crandell founded this day in 2009 and it has since fought against “cissexism” and “transphobia.” [3] Initiatives like National Coming Out Day and the International Transgender Day of Visibility are public reminders of the potential social media holds in educating the masses and raising awareness of the LGBT community.
LGBT youth vulnerability | Media
Unfortunate events such as wars and armed conflicts often employ rape as a mean of terrorizing local population, in which AIDS, among other sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), is spread almost exponentially and, very often, it is impossible to trace back to the individual that was the original HIV carrier. The consequences of such horrific acts are infected mothers who give births to infected babies and the disease is spread vertically. Because of its impact on global population and the high rate of spreading, AIDS has been classified as being pandemic. There is a growing number of organizations exclusively dedicated to AIDS education and prevention, as well as organized training of medical staff and any individuals that may be interested.
AIDS education and training centers | Introduction
Ontario Students Against Impaired Driving (OSAID) is an anti-impaired driving initiative which is found across the province of Ontario, Canada, aimed primarily at youth involvement in combating impaired driving. It was founded in 1987 and encourages the student population to practice responsible choices and to never to drive while impaired. OSAID chapter members regularly hold awareness raising activities, such as mocktail sales or events aimed at raising awareness about the dangers of driving while impaired. OSAID describes itself as "... a provincial youth driven organization peer education, health promotion and injury prevention program that strives to promote smart healthy choices through education and public awareness to prevent tragedies caused by impaired and distracted driving."
Ontario Students Against Impaired Driving | Introduction
In his theory about the "youth bulge", Heinsohn argues that an excess in especially young adult male population predictably leads to social unrest, war and terrorism, as the "third and fourth sons" that find no prestigious positions in their existing societies rationalize their impetus to compete by religion or political ideology. Heinsohn claims that most historical periods of social unrest lacking external triggers (such as rapid climatic changes or other catastrophic changes of the environment) and most genocides can be readily explained as a result of a built up youth bulge, including European colonialism, 20th century Fascism, and ongoing conflicts such as that in Darfur, The Palestinian uprisings in 1987-1993 and 2000 to present, and terrorism.
Gunnar Heinsohn | Youth bulge and lack of fertility
Baars (2001) writes that medical students who study "frightening diseases" for the first time routinely experience vivid delusions of having contracted such diseases, and describes it as a "temporary kind of hypochondria". Baars says that the experience is so common that it has become known as "medical student syndrome". Hodges (2004), reviewing the literature, said that "the first descriptions of medical students' disease appeared in the 1960s." He may have been referring to the phrase, for the phenomenon itself was noted much earlier. George Lincoln Walton (1908) reported that Hodges also said that it was suggested in the 1960s that:
Medical students' disease | Overview
He also perfectly captures the golden glow of senioritis, a period when teens are bored and excited and wistful and nostalgic all at once. Everything is possible in this handful of weeks, including making up for squandered time."
Adi Alsaid | Works
Symptoms of MMND begin appearing when people are young, often before the age of 15. An affected individual is generally thin with weak arms and legs. They may lose control of the muscles that control their face, mouth, nose, and throat. This in turn, will cause difficulties speaking and swallowing. Further complications from the loss of facial motor control include drooling, as well facial droop. People with MMND may also suffer from a loss of hearing and sight.
Madras motor neuron disease | Symptoms
With adolescents being a big risk group in Kenya, society has molded the outlook of this group and how they interact with HIV/AIDS. There are many social stigmas involved with people aged 15-19, as they go through harsh environments in schools and in the community. HIV and AIDS in school is viewed as a killer disease that is a sign of sexual immorality. Many adolescents feel afraid to disclose their status, due to the stigma that is behind it. Fear is also found in walking into health centers and asking about HIV/AIDS, due to the conception that health workers will look down on you and your condition.
HIV/AIDS in Kenya | Adolescents