How Youth Global Platform on HIV/AIDS is enhancing youth response to HIV/AIDS
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What Is the Youth Global Platform on HIV/AIDS?
The Youth Global Platform on HIV/AIDS is an online adolescents and youth‑centered network designed to formatively - empower adolescents and young people—especially those living with or affected by HIV—to engage, learn, and lead in the fight against HIV/AIDS. It focuses on peer‑to‑peer support, enabling youth to share information, discuss testing and treatment experiences, and challenge stigma through mutual learning and collaboration.
Key Ways the Platform Enhances Youth Response
Peer-to-Peer Support & Information Sharing
- The platform enables young people to compare diagnoses and treatment experiences with peers worldwide.
- It fosters informed, empowered health decisions by facilitating collaborative relationships between youth and healthcare systems.
Youth as Agents of Change
- By positioning adolescents and young people as key stakeholders,through ownership, @YGPOH encourages them to actively reverse HIV's impact.
- It emphasizes their role in shaping norms, reclaiming dignity, and advancing rights for those living with HIV.
A noted activity includes engaging with youth audiences via Radio Nigeria, Nigeria Television Authority (NTA), Voice of Nigeria (VON), —discussing sexual health, HIV awareness, and adolescent concerns in Abuja and beyond and Road show campaign covered by Nigeria Television Authority to sensitize the young people and adolescents in rural populations in the West African Country that the platform is for them and a strategic content created to support our upward mobility argument that Universal Health Coverage is their right and it is economically smart, morally right and urgently needed in their communities. https://capacity4dev.europa.eu/discussions/youth-global-platform-hivaids-radio-nigeria-engagement-hivaids-young-people_en
Embracing Digital Tools & E‑Health
- A 2017 commentary by platform facilitator Onyebuchi Eloke highlighted the value of e‑health tools in promoting @YGPOH’s goals and reaching a broader youth audience in Nigeria https://www.researchgate.net/publication/323776761_Applying_E-Health_to_Promote_Youth_Global_Platform_on_HIVAIDS-My_Goodwill_Message_to_the_Stakeholders_Meeting_in_Abuja
Summary: How the Platform Elevates Youth Response
| Mechanism | Impact |
|---|---|
| Peer-to-peer exchange | Builds confidence, knowledge, and self-care among youth |
| Digital platforms | Broadens reach and access—especially where physical access is limited |
| Media engagement | Elevates youth voices via radio and other channels |
| Capacity-building tools | Through online formative empowerment |
| Ethical guidelines | Ensures inclusive, respectful involvement of youth in all HIV-related efforts |
The Youth Global Platform on HIV/AIDS (@YGPOH) plays a unique role in connecting young people affected by or passionate about HIV through e‑health tools, peer support, media outreach, and ethical engagement. It complements broader youth-centered efforts—including training, global advocacy, and digital activism—aiming to reshape the HIV response by centering youth leadership, equity, and innovation.
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