AIDS epidemic ‘may explode again’ in Africa

The HIV/Aids epidemic in Africa will explode again unless parents and teachers start to talk to teenagers about sex, experts have warned.

HIV/Aids is the main cause of death among 10- to 19-year-olds in Africa and this is the only age group globally where Aids-related deaths are rising.

Leaders also need to make it easier for under-18s to access HIV testing and treatment, ensure all children go to school, and protect girls from sexual exploitation, experts said at the launch of a campaign to end adolescent HIV/Aids.