Lilongwe (Malawi) Former Zambian President Kenneth Kaunda is in Malawi to present an international award on HIV/Aids and Youths to Malawi’s youth organisation, Youth Net and Counselling (YONECO), during a ceremony to be held in the capital Lilongwe on Thursday.
According to YONECO Executive Director MacBain Mkandawire, Oxfam Britain named his organisation as the winner of the Susie Smith Memorial Prize following a research the youth group conducted, establishing that there is real a link between HIV and Aids and mental health problems among youths who are affected and infected by the pandemic.
"We are very happy with the award. This is a big motivation to us as an organisation which deals with issues concerning youths," he said.
Among the findings, YONECO found that youths do experience mental health problems due to the psychological, socio-economic and physical effects of HIV/Aids.
Thursday, 14 August 2008
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