{"id":664,"date":"2009-12-28T14:29:15","date_gmt":"2009-12-28T20:29:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/?p=664"},"modified":"2009-12-28T14:59:49","modified_gmt":"2009-12-28T20:59:49","slug":"hivaids-prevention-unit-focuses-on-nations-youth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/news\/educationyouth\/hivaids-prevention-unit-focuses-on-nations-youth\/","title":{"rendered":"HIV\/AIDS Prevention Unit focuses on nation&#8217;s youth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/hiv-aids.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-665\" title=\"hiv-aids\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/hiv-aids-213x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"213\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/hiv-aids-213x300.jpg 213w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/hiv-aids.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 213px) 100vw, 213px\" \/><\/a>The youth are among groups expected to be targeted as part of the National HIV\/AIDS Prevention Unit\u2019s new drive to reduce the spread of the deadly disease in Dominica.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will be focusing on our youth and see what ways we can assist them to change their sexual behavior. We want to see how they can change them,\u201d Health Educator, Angela Desabeye, said.<\/p>\n<p>She said the Unit will attempt to implement new methods of education in an effort to target the young people here.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not just putting out messages but putting out messages either in song, entertainment and plays where they are a part of the whole initiative,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>According to Desabeye, other groups will also be targeted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will continue with our work places because that\u2019s a big part of our project. Our mothers and their partners will also be given priority, putting more emphasis on pregnant women to get them tested. We will continue our drive on ensuring that pregnant woman gets tested,\u201d she disclosed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The youth are among groups expected to be targeted as part of the National HIV\/AIDS Prevention Unit\u2019s new drive to reduce the spread of the deadly disease in Dominica. \u201cWe will be focusing on our youth and see what ways&#8230;","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":665,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_cbd_carousel_blocks":"[]","footnotes":""},"categories":[16,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-664","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-educationyouth","category-health"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>HIV\/AIDS Prevention Unit focuses on nation&#039;s youth - Dominica News Online<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/news\/educationyouth\/hivaids-prevention-unit-focuses-on-nations-youth\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"HIV\/AIDS Prevention Unit focuses on nation&#039;s youth - 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