In this series of 5 features we hear young men from around the world talking candidly about sex and drugs and growing up to be a man.

Programme 1: Growing up in Africa

Programme 2: Injecting HIV In Ukraine

Programme 3: Macho young men in Brazil

Programme 4: Beer and casual sex in Zambia

Programme 5: Young and Old in Uganda

Gender, HIV/AIDS.

Teenage boys and young men aren't often seen as vulnerable or in need of protection. If anything, they have a reputation of being a danger both to themselves and to the society they live in. Statistics back this up - young men are the most likely social group to commit rape and be involved in violence, the most likely group to inject drugs, and the most likely to indulge in risky sexual behaviour. And it's precisely because young men take risks that they are, to a large extent, driving the HIV and AIDS epidemic. Many campaigners now say that in order to turn the AIDS epidemic around, we must understand why young men continue to take risks despite knowing about the dangers of HIV and AIDS. Yet it's not often that young men get the chance to talk about how they feel about their own behaviour.