MEDIA AND INFORMATION LITERACY / BéNational Youth HIV & AIDS Awareness Day 10 April 10, 2019 National Youth HIV & AIDS Awareness Day is an annual observance held on April 10 to highlight the impact of HIV/AIDS on young people. The occasion to recognize the efforts of young people to help achieve an AIDS-free arenes day is also an generation. r According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), youth 13 to 24 years old accounted for 21% of all new HIV diagnoses in the United States in 2016. CDC reports that at the end of 2015, an estimated 60,300 youth were living with HIV in the United @ States. Of these, 51%, o 31,000, were living with undiagnosed HIV-the highest rate of undiagnosed HIV in any age group. Youth with HIV also have the lowest rate of viral suppression for any age group.HIV/AIDS-Related Research and Youth ic a sch (FY 2019/2020), from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Office of AIDS Research (OAR). The Plan describes NIH research priorities to prevent, treat, and eventually cure HIV/AIDS. NIH research priorities will include studies that address popula pidemic, including adolescents and yor al Trials Related to HIV/AIDS e earch studies related to children from birth to age from the AlDSinfo clinical trial search. Call AID: for assist your clinical trial search. Research Related to HIV/AIDS and Yout! © Research within t f| Does HIV affect children and adolescents? Yes, children and adolescents are among the people living with HIV in the | United States * According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC} 9 cases of HIV in children younger than 13 years of age were reported in tel United States in 2016. | | + CDC reports that youth 13 to 24 years of age accounted for 21% of all new HIV diagnoses in the United States in 2016. Most new HIV infections among youth occur among gay and bisexual men, with young black/African American and Hispanic/Latino gay and bisexual men especially affected. |How do most children become infected with HIV? HIV can pass from a mother with HIV to her child during pregnancy, childbirth, or breastfeeding (called mother-to-child transmission of HIV). In the United | States, the most common way children under 13 years of age get HIV is through mother-to-child transmission of HIV. Fortunately, the use of HIV medicines and other strategies have helped to lower the risk of mother-to-child transmission of HIV to 1% or less in the United States and Europe. The risk of transmission is low when | | | | + HIVis detected as early as possible during pregnancy (or before a woman gets pregnant), + Women with HIV receive HIV medicines during pregnancy and childbirth and, in certain situations, have a scheduled cesarean delivery (sometimes called a C-section). + Babies born to women with HIV receive HIV medicines for 4 to 6 weeks after birth and are not breastfedIn this website, the article about the National Youth HIV & AIDS Awareness; Day. We can say that this information is accurate due to the fact that the website itself mentioned it sources of information, and has credible author! with various degrees on their fields. The information shared on the website’ up to date, which means the information gathered is new and not less than a year ago. Also, it uses numbers and statistics in drawing out the data. States facts that professionals often use and advice the public that the website tells the factors of how the HIV increases, from low rates of condom use, high rates of STD and the used of alcohol and drugs.The article is well constructed with privacy since the write did not state any personal information such as medical records and names of patients having the said virus and syndrome. Nevertheless they published the article with enough information even by giving the anonymity of their respondents.The article, National Youth HIV & AIDS Awareness Day did not show any plagiarism since the writer gave enough references credited to the source whenever something is stated beyond its words. ‘ ]