Two successful projects led by the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Center for Communication Programs (CCP) were featured in USAID’s recent Technical Issue Brief which highlights its plans to intensify investments in HIV reduction programs targeted at youth. The brief featured the CCP-led
A Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Center for Communication Programs (CCP) research study has validated two indices of girls’ vulnerability to HIV. The findings will be presented at the 19th International AIDS Conference in Washington, D.C. today. Drs. Carol Underwood and Hilary Schwandt
Go Girls! Initiative has been selected as one of the “Women Deliver 50,” a compilation of the 50 most inspiring ideas and solutions that are delivering for girls and women across the globe. Women Deliver, a global advocacy organization, today announced the winning selections. The
A new study led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health shows that community members correlate an increase in HIV vulnerability among adolescent girls with weak structural support systems. While adolescent girls are three to four times more likely than adolescent
The Go Girls! Initiative continued to win accolades from funders and beneficiaries alike at the final end-of-project event, held at the National Press Club in Washington, DC on June 10. Following similar events in Mozambique, Malawi and Botswana (Read about the end-of-project conference in Mozambique.),
U.S. Ambassador Leslie Rowe stressed the need to address gender when examining vulnerability to HIV and AIDS in her opening remarks at the Go Girls! initiative end-of-project conference, held on May 11 in Maputo City. “The US Mission in Mozambique has made the inclusion of
A young girl gains the means to support her baby and avoid HIV infection. Dulce is a 13-year-old girl who lives in Nicoadala District, Mozambique. She comes from a poor family and recently gave birth to her first child. During Dulce’s pregnancy, her mother, Chica,
An adolescent girl gets a second chance to attend school and reduce her vulnerability to HIV. Malawi’s national HIV prevalence rate is one of the highest in the world – 12 percent, according to the country’s most recent Demographic and Health Survey. The majority of
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