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Population Services International (PSI) has launched a new initiative to address issues serving to delay sexual debut among African teens.

According to PSI, sexual violence and coercion, intense peer pressure and transactional sex have proven to be major barriers to delayed sexual debut for most teenagers on the continent.

Conducted as part of PSI's AIDSMark project, the 'Scaling Up Delayed Sexual Debut' programme is a multimedia regional campaign using television, print, radio and interpersonal communication to encourage youth aged between 13-19 to postpone sexual activity and return to abstinence if they are already sexually active.

For more information: www.psi.org

This report is the culmination and synthesis of studies on HIV-related stigma and discrimination in Ethiopia, Tanzania, Zambia and Vietnam, conducted by the International Centre for Research on Women.

HIV- and AIDS-related stigma has long been recognised as one of the main obstacles to prevention, care and treatment.

The report suggests that there are many more similarities than differences in the key causes of stigma, its impact, and its consequences.

Access the full report: www.icrw.org