UNESCO launches family life HIV/AIDS education in Kaduna
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) has launched a Family Life HIV/AIDS Education (FLHE) programme in Kaduna State on Monday.
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The. Executive Director, Hope for the Community and Children Initiative (H4CC), Mrs Hadiza Umar, said the programme will be implemented under UNESCO’s Our Rights, Our Lives, and Our Future Programme.
Umar said at the inaugural meeting in Kaduna, that the programme would reach out to 101,000 adolescents and young people in the state.
” The programme targets in-school and out-of-school adolescents as well as young people, being the vibrant population, either as survivors or perpetuators of sexual violence.
“They have a low level of sexual and reproductive health knowledge largely due to cultural or social norms and religious ideologies.
“There are also a lot of gaps between parents and children, teachers and learners, and negative peer pressure, and influence of drugs, among others.
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