Issue Brief: Efficacy of Abstinence-Only Programs for HIV Prevention Among Young People
Nearly 40 million people around the world are living with HIV/AIDS.1 At the end of 2005, 10 million young people aged 15–24 were living with HIV/AIDS, and this number continues to grow.1 In 2005 alone, 5,172 new cases of HIV/AIDS in the United States were diagnosed in young people 13–24 years old.2
