When will it go out of Style......HIV/AIDS among our Youths

The global challenge HIV/AIDS is on the Global Agenda, it remains one of the forces leading to the causes of death amongst unborn child, born child, teen youths and Adults. The challenge continue to leave while people die, for every two (2) people who starts treatment there is 100% probability that additional five (5) are infected.
In Nigeria, HIV/AIDS is rampant, in the whole of the world, Nigeria is rated the 5th country, with the highest population of HIV/AIDS victims, and the first (1st) in Africa.
The HIV epidemic in Nigeria is complex and varies widely by region. In some states, the epidemic is more concentrated and driven by high-risk behaviours, while other states have more generalized epidemics that are sustained primarily by multiple sexual partnerships in the general population. Youth and young adults in Nigeria are particularly vulnerable to HIV, with young women at higher risk than young men. There are many risk factors that contribute to the spread of HIV, including prostitution, high-risk practices among youths, high prevalence of sexually transmitted infections, clandestine high-risk heterosexual and homosexual practices, international trafficking of women, and irregular blood screening.
HIV infection is preventable. As over 80% of HIV infection is through sexual intercourse, prevention of sexual transmission is the key in the control of the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Therefore the main objective is to raise public awareness of the risk and change of behaviors that put individuals at the risk of contracting or transmission of HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases in order to reduce the spread of the epidemic. Transmission of HIV is greatly increased for those who have multiple sex partners and engage in unprotected sex.
The education sector (especially Higher Institutions) has been seriously affected by the HIV/AIDS epidemic. The epidemic has led to decline in the quality of education and population as the epidemic takes its toll among students. The increasing trend of HIV/AIDS related absenteeism and deaths of students causing a serious threat to education development. Adolescents and young adults are particularly vulnerable to HIV infection.