AEGiS-UNAIDS: Investment in Adolescents' Reproductive Health Is Critical to Fighting Poverty and HIV/AIDS, Says UNFPA Report

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Investment in Adolescents' Reproductive Health Is Critical to Fighting Poverty and HIV/AIDS, Says UNFPA Report

UNFPA Press Release - October 8, 2003

LONDON, 8 October 2003-Some 1.2 billion people-one person in five-are between ages 10 and 19, the largest number of adolescents in history. Half of them are poor; one in four live in extreme poverty, on less than $1 a day. Meeting adolescents' reproductive health needs is an urgent priority in the global fight against poverty and HIV/AIDS, emphasizes The State of World Population 2003 report by UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund.

Contact information:

Abubakar Dungus

Tel.: +1 (212) 297-5031 - Email: dungus@unfpa.org

Ann Erb Leoncavallo

Tel.: +1 (212) 297-5023 - Email: leoncavallo@unfpa.org

William A. Ryan

Tel.: +1 (212) 297-5279 - Email: ryanw@unfpa.org

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