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STREET CHIDERENS OR YOUNG KEY AFFECTED POPULATION

Remmember that:
 * Street children are not a homogeneous group and Young Key Affected Population (YKAP)includes :
 * Young people who inject drugs
 * Young females, males and transgender people who are engaged in sex work
 * Young males who have unprotected anal sex with other males
 * Young people living with HIV/AIDS.
 * Not all of them engage in sex work, inject drug common among street children is that they are extremely vulnerable to HIV infection. because of their varying situation, behaviors and needs who inject drugs are more likely to be influenced by peers than older counterparts they are often less aware of the dangers and consequences of injecting drugs and of HIV,even hepatitis B and hepatitis C.

Most-at-risk Young People(MARYP):

They are people aged 10-24 who are engaged in (a combination of) the following risk behaviors: unprotected sex in the context of sex work, unprotected sex between males, unsafe injecting drug use

Dealing with street children is tricky Especially Vulnerable Young People (EVYP):

Young people aged 10-24 who are in a situation where they are at heightened risk to start engaging in the above mentioned behaviors These two Adolescents & Youth: overlapping age groups are combined in the group “young people” covering the age range 10-24 years.
 * Children: under the age of 18 years
 * Adolescents: aged from 10 to 19
 * Youth:” aged from 15-24 year
 * Young people: aged from 10-24

Personal Risk factors


 * Lack of knowledge and skills required to protect oneself
 * Lives or works on the street with no parental or family supervision/protection
 * Have friends or peers who are engaged in unsafe behaviors and pressure themselves into similar behaviors
 * Factors pertaining to the quality and coverage of services
 * Inaccessibility of services due to distance, cost and other barriers
 * Broader structural and environmental factors
 * Gender inequality
 * Poverty
 * Sexual abuse and exploitation
 * Social exclusion

Young people who inject drugs (IDU) in Pakistan

Dr M MUNAWAR KHAN BCC COORDINATOR ENHANCED HIV/AIDS CONTROL PROGRAM SINDH PAKISTAN
 * Only 26% of young People Who Injecting Drugs (PWID) used a condom at last sex.
 * Only 13% of young People Who Injecting Drugs (PWID) have received an HIV test and know test results
 * Condom use in the sex with a FSW was low (40%).