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"In Nigeria, young people under the age of 25 are driving the HIV epidemic...and that's been the opening place for people to begin to say, 'let's address the issues of young people's sexual and reproductive health,'" said Adenike Esiet, executive director of Action Health Incorporated in Lagos, during an interview with ECSP.

On any number of health indicators, girls suffer disproportionately. "For every one boy in the age bracket of 10 to 24 who is HIV positive, there are three girls who are HIV positive," Esiet said. "Over 60 percent of cases of complications from unsafe abortion reported in Nigerian hospitals are amongst adolescent girls. In fact in literature, 10-15 years ago, this was described as 'a schoolgirl's problem'...and it's still an ongoing problem." She added: "And for girls too, the issue of sexual violence is huge. It goes largely unreported but it's occurring at epidemic levels."

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