Tackling teenage misconceptions and misinformation about HIV


Participants at the peer educator training session held in Selangor in August, hold up their collages with words and pictures cut out from newspapers and magazines that reflect societal stigma on HIV and people living with HIV. — Photos: FRHAM

Malaysian teenagers are increasingly becoming sexually active at a younger age.

However, health education in schools still avoids addressing sexual and reproductive health and rights, while educational programs that promote open conversations on sex, HIV/AIDS and unwanted pregnancies remain taboo.

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