The battle against HIV/AIDS and its devastating impact is the area of increasing concern to the UNESCO as a whole. UNESCO's focus on preventive education represents an important niche in the worldwide campaign to arrest and reverse this scourge. Communication and information can help to fight HIV/AIDS by changing young people's behaviour through preventive education schemes.

UNESCO has undertaken a number of activities with the aim to increase awareness of HIV/AIDS prevention among young people based on the new possibilities offered by ICT. An access to comprehensive and reliable youth-friendly information in quest of behavioral changes has been promoted.

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On the other hand, journalists are gaining increased confidence in reporting on the science of HIV/AIDS and young media professionals are learning to produce better programmes as they interact positively with affected people. The focus on the science of AIDS constitutes a new departure in terms of HIV media training.

http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php-URL_ID=17515&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html?URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html#treatment

Other UNESCO activities on HIV/AIDS:
	UNESCO’s action against HIV/AIDS
	HIV/AIDS and education (UNESCO IIEP)
	Global Curriculum Bank for HIV/AIDS Preventive Education (UNESCO IBE)
	AIDS and Culture
	Young Digital Creators: Youth Creating and Communicating on HIV/AIDS (Digi-Arts, UNESCO Knowledge Portal)
	HIV/AIDS and Gender