May 18th, is National HIV Vaccine Awareness Day

A preventive HIV vaccine is the best hope for slowing the spread of HIV.

A preventive HIV vaccine is a substance that teaches the body's immune system to recognize and protect itself against HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. Ideally the vaccine would be given to uninfected (HIV-negative) people to keep them from becoming infected, if exposed to HIV, by helping their immune system to respond faster to the HIV virus before it takes over the immune system's defenses.

To learn more about HIV vaccines, clinical trials and to read personal stories, please visit:
http://www.advocatesforyouth.org/hivvaccine.htm
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May is National Teen Pregnancy Prevention Month (NTPPM)

Since 1991, U.S. teenage pregnancy, abortion, and birth rates have declined steadily in every age and racial/ethnic group. Teenage birth rates declined in every state as well as in the District of Columbia and the Virgin Islands. Research indicates that sexually active teens are becoming more effective users of contraception and that more teens are choosing to remain abstinent during early and middle adolescence. Nevertheless, the United States continues to have higher rates of teen pregnancy, birth, and abortion than other industrialized nations. Teens ages 18 and 19 account for as much as 66 percent of U.S. teen births. Most teenage mothers come from socially and/or economically disadvantaged backgrounds; adolescent motherhood often compounds this disadvantage.

To read the entire publication, please visit:
http://www.advocatesforyouth.org/publications/factsheet/fsprechd.htm

For more information about National Teen Pregnancy Prevention Month, please visit:
http://www.advocatesforyouth.org/publications/ntppm.htm

Or, to find evaluated, effective programs, visit:
http://www.advocatesforyouth.org/programsthatwork/index.htm

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