Sexual and reproductive health needs and challenges of adolescent girls and young women in humanitarian settings in Nigeria and Uganda : a quantitative report

To better address Sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) care access needs for young women and adolescent girls in humanitarian settings, greater insight is required on the needs and experiences of this population. Focusing on young women and adolescent girls in an Internally displaced persons camp in Maiduguri, Nigeria, and a refugee camp in Isingiro, Uganda, this report provides greater insight into their sexual and reproductive health needs and challenges. It specifically focuses on living conditions in the camp; contraceptives, pregnancy, and abortion; use of sexual and reproductive health services; intimate partner violence; and gender-based violence. The report is part of a larger project to generate evidence to improve the design and delivery of SRHR services to girls and young women in humanitarian contexts

Modifications par rapport à la connaissance et aux attitudes chez les étudiants du collége qui sont exposés au programme de la Vie Familiale et l’Education sur le VIH dans l’Etat de Lagos, Nigéria

To address the needs of young people in Lagos State, Nigeria, for information about family life and HIV, the Lagos State Ministry of Education, in collaboration with Action Health Incorporated, began to offer the Family Life and HIV Education Curriculum in government junior secondary schools in 2003. Knowledge and attitudes were measured in a sample of 1,366 students in Lagos State, Nigeria, in November 2004, at the beginning of the school year, and again in July 2005 after receiving a year of the Family Life and HIV Education Curriculum. Students exposed to the curriculum significantly increased knowledge of sexuality and HIV, support for abstinence, and gender role equality (Afr J Reprod Health 2009; 13[3]:37-46).Afin de s’occuper des besoins des jeunes gens dans l’Etat de Lagos, Nigéria, pour l’information sur la vie familiale et le VIH, le ministère de l’éducation de l’Etat de Lagos, en collaboration avec Action Health Incorporated a commencé à assurer, dès 2003, le programme de la Vie Familiale et du VIH dans les collèges appartenant au gouvernement. A partir d’un échantillon de 1366 étudiants à Lagos on a mesuré la connaissance et les attitudes au mois de novembre 2004 au commencement de l’année scolaire et encore en juillet 2005 après avoir eu du progamme de l’Education sur la Vie Familiale et le VIH. La connaissance par rapport à la sexualité au VIH, l’appui pour l’abstinence et la qualité du rôle des sexes chez les étudiants qui ont été exposeés au programme a augmenté de manière significative (Afr J Reprod Health 2009; 13[3]:37-46)