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Many  sexual activity and HIV/AIDS  education programs around the world focus on the risks of unsafe sex, which behind leave loretta Young people unprepared to deal with their sexuality or lead sexually fulfilling lives, experts aforesaid at a satellite academic term on comprehensive sex department of Education at the XVII  International  AIDS  Conference  in Mexico  City  on Wednesday,  IRIN  News  reports.  
Maria  Alcaldes,  deputy manager of the International  Planned  Parenthood  Federation,  said teachers often ar not sufficiently trained to teach sex education in a manner that allows children to make informed and creditworthy decisions.  She  said, "There  is a need for sexuality department of Education that goes beyond pedagogy the basic biology." Alcaldes  noted that although Latin  American  countries have attached to comprehensive sex education programs, the number of teenage pregnancies in the region has increased. She  said governments must work with communities to address these concerns. 
Brian  Ackerman,  international policy manager for Advocates  for Youth,  criticized the U.S.  global HIV/AIDS  funding mechanics, the President's  Emergency  Plan  for AIDS  Relief,  for limiting some HIV  bar education programs to abstinence and fidelity messages. "Society  should not be afraid of young people having sex -- it is a reality," Ackerman  said, adding that young citizenry need more information about condom use.  
Prabha  Nagarja  of the Indian  organisation Talking  about Reproductive  and Sexual  Health  Issues,  which runs an anonymous aid line, aforementioned the group's efforts take shown many shortcomings in India's  approach to sexuality education.  She  said, "A  new national curriculum on sex education tells young people what not to do sexually, without telling them why or explaining to them the almost basic things, such as how social intercourse happens." She  added that callers to the group's help line "have no idea how to protect themselves" from HIV/AIDS.  Swedish  AIDS  Ambassador  Lennarth  Hjelmaker  said, "Teaching  about the risk of HIV  and other sexually transmitted diseases is necessary, but it must go hand in hand with teaching around healthy sex and communicating with youth people about their experiences" (IRIN  News,  8/6). 
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