My first reaction was "what a badly written article"! It confuses what it is trying to say. I suspect it should be that "of the people who have died, of HIV and Aids, so far this year, 71% have been between the ages of 15 and 49." and instead of " about the needs and importance of staying negative" should be something like "about the needs and importance of staying HIV negative."
Badly written article aside, the content and what the author was trying to say is of huge value to all. the very heart of our future work skilled individuals who will be desperately needed to take our economy into the 1st world are being plucked from us by this terrible pandemic.
Youngsters, must be made aware of how vulnerable they are and what the consequences are of contracting the disease - and yes, it can happen to everyone!
Aids hits youth at crucial career stage
Ntokozo Ndlovu
19 December 2006 at 06h00
At least 71 percent of people between the ages of 15 and 49 have died of HIV and Aids so far this year. This is according to the Medical Research Council (MRC), the Centre for Actuarial Research and the Actuarial Society of South Africa. According to Kelly, career peak ages are between the ages of 26 and the late 30s. These are the stages where one's career develops gradually from supervisory position, to junior level management into senior management, depending on your field of work. And depending on how you take care of yourself, you may or may not reach one of these stages. Although there are anti-retroviral drugs (ARVs), which are meant to enable people to continue living positively and progressively, the plea is to sustain one's health and prevent in all means possible to allow future and career development. "There is need to create awareness around HIV and Aids, especially among young people, to be able to have a future generation that will build our workforce," says Xola Yoyo, loveLife's project co-ordinator. He says the challenge facing South Africa is educating young people, especially those between the ages of 15 and 21 or even younger than 15,
Aids hits youth at crucial career stage
Ntokozo Ndlovu19 December 2006 at 06h00
At least 71 percent of people between the ages of 15 and 49 have died of HIV and Aids so far this year.This is according to the Medical Research Council (MRC), the Centre for Actuarial Research and the Actuarial Society of South Africa.According to Kelly, career peak ages are between the ages of 26 and the late 30s.These are the stages where one's career develops gradually from supervisory position, to junior level management into senior management, depending on your field of work.And depending on how you take care of yourself, you may or may not reach one of these stages.Although there are anti-retroviral drugs (ARVs), which are meant to enable people to continue living positively and progressively, the plea is to sustain one's health and prevent in all means possible to allow future and career development."There is need to create awareness around HIV and Aids, especially among young people, to be able to have a future generation that will build our workforce," says Xola Yoyo, loveLife's project co-ordinator.He says the challenge facing South Africa is educating young people, especially those between the ages of 15 and 21 or even younger than 15, about the need and importance of staying negative."And to lay a foundation for this, young people need to have a future focus, and future plans for themselves."Without this they will not understand the need to protect themselves," he says."What needs to be understood is the amount of responsibility that young people have towards their families, themselves and the future of our economy," says Judi Nokwedi, the founder loveLife.
Nokwedi notes that the pandemic mostly hits the economically active youth in our country, and this in turn has a huge impact of the lives of a lot of people."HIV and Aids does not only affect the young working person but greatly impacts on those who are dependent on that workingperson."Therefore there is need for employers to understand the profile of the pandemic and target their interventions appropriately," says Nokwedi.She says that most of the time, it is outside of the workplace that most young people engage in behaviour that puts them at risk."And most employers have no sense of how young people behave outside of the workplace."Workplace HIV and Aids interventions must be designed with consideration of the reality of how young people behave in their social activity," says Nokwedi.Most HIV and Aids workplace interventions are often designed without the reality of how young people behave outside of the workplace. She says that there is need for employers to understand that HIV and Aids strategies should not be three-day workshops, but instead a full 365 calender year intervention."They have to intergrate interventions in accordance with the culture of the organisation and their workforce," she says."HIV and Aids programmes should not be treated as an event, it needs to be looked at as an ongoing continuous and systematic programme, that addresses the wellness of the most important assets of an organisation, the employees," concludes Nokwedi.
At least 71 percent of people between the ages of 15 and 49 have died of HIV and Aids so far this year. This is according to the Medical Research Council (MRC), the Centre for Actuarial Research and the Actuarial Society of South Africa. According to Kelly, career peak ages are between the ages of 26 and the late 30s. These are the stages where one's career develops gradually from supervisory position, to junior level management into senior management, depending on your field of work. And depending on how you take care of yourself, you may or may not reach one of these stages. Although there are anti-retroviral drugs (ARVs), which are meant to enable people to continue living positively and progressively, the plea is to sustain one's health and prevent in all means possible to allow future and career development. "There is need to create awareness around HIV and Aids, especially among young people, to be able to have a future generation that will build our workforce," says Xola Yoyo, loveLife's project co-ordinator. He says the challenge facing South Africa is educating young people, especially those between the ages of 15 and 21 or even younger than 15,
Aids hits youth at crucial career stage
Ntokozo Ndlovu19 December 2006 at 06h00
At least 71 percent of people between the ages of 15 and 49 have died of HIV and Aids so far this year.This is according to the Medical Research Council (MRC), the Centre for Actuarial Research and the Actuarial Society of South Africa.According to Kelly, career peak ages are between the ages of 26 and the late 30s.These are the stages where one's career develops gradually from supervisory position, to junior level management into senior management, depending on your field of work.And depending on how you take care of yourself, you may or may not reach one of these stages.Although there are anti-retroviral drugs (ARVs), which are meant to enable people to continue living positively and progressively, the plea is to sustain one's health and prevent in all means possible to allow future and career development."There is need to create awareness around HIV and Aids, especially among young people, to be able to have a future generation that will build our workforce," says Xola Yoyo, loveLife's project co-ordinator.He says the challenge facing South Africa is educating young people, especially those between the ages of 15 and 21 or even younger than 15, about the need and importance of staying negative."And to lay a foundation for this, young people need to have a future focus, and future plans for themselves."Without this they will not understand the need to protect themselves," he says."What needs to be understood is the amount of responsibility that young people have towards their families, themselves and the future of our economy," says Judi Nokwedi, the founder loveLife.
Nokwedi notes that the pandemic mostly hits the economically active youth in our country, and this in turn has a huge impact of the lives of a lot of people."HIV and Aids does not only affect the young working person but greatly impacts on those who are dependent on that workingperson."Therefore there is need for employers to understand the profile of the pandemic and target their interventions appropriately," says Nokwedi.She says that most of the time, it is outside of the workplace that most young people engage in behaviour that puts them at risk."And most employers have no sense of how young people behave outside of the workplace."Workplace HIV and Aids interventions must be designed with consideration of the reality of how young people behave in their social activity," says Nokwedi.Most HIV and Aids workplace interventions are often designed without the reality of how young people behave outside of the workplace. She says that there is need for employers to understand that HIV and Aids strategies should not be three-day workshops, but instead a full 365 calender year intervention."They have to intergrate interventions in accordance with the culture of the organisation and their workforce," she says."HIV and Aids programmes should not be treated as an event, it needs to be looked at as an ongoing continuous and systematic programme, that addresses the wellness of the most important assets of an organisation, the employees," concludes Nokwedi.
For more information on HIV/Aids for the youth visit www.loveLife.org.za or call 0800-121 -900.
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