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World AIDS Day: respect and protect
This year’s World AIDS Day on December 1 takes the theme 'Respect and Protect'. A peer education project in Peru is training young people to spread the word on staying safe from HIV/AIDS

My name is Candelaria, and I am HIV positive
Candelaria, a 53-year-old grandmother from El Salvador, discovered that she was HIV positive in 2003. With the help of her local HIV/AIDS support group, she found the courage to share her experience with others and help prevent more infections in her community

'Preaching at children will not stop spread of HIV'
A leading AIDS expert has said that the current trend of simply ‘preaching’ to children about the disease could actually hinder efforts to slow the spread of HIV

Plan Kenya representatives at the 2005 World AIDS day event AIDS Day events in Kenya
Plan Kenya was among 100 organisations to exhibit at the December 1 World AIDS Day celebrations in Nairobi

Putting children on the agenda AIDS conference put children on the agenda
Plan’s health adviser for West Africa, Dr Josef Decosas, reports on Plan’s work and achievements at the 16th International AIDS Conference, held in Toronto on 13-18 August 2006

Youths are running projects themselves Young journalist reports from Kenya
Two young UK journalists flew to Kenya to visit Plan's HIV and AIDS projects in Thika, read their report on how young people there are making a difference in the fight against HIV and AIDS


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