This guide contains information and lessons learned from the pilot implementation of a college-age adaptation of Red Cross's Together We Can (TWC) peer education programme at the University of the West Indies (UWI) St. Augustine campus.
This toolkit has five main components: Part 1 provides a detailed conceptual framework for ministries to understand the four components of a comprehensive approach and what schools need to do to develop such a response to HIV and AIDS.
In a comprehensive approach, the education sector uses all means at its disposal to promote and protect the health of learners and staff and to mitigate the impact of HIV and AIDS on the system itself.
This toolkit was developed to guide Ministries of Education, particularly in the Caribbean region, through the rapid policy development process towards a specific outcome: an effective HIV and AIDS policy for the education sector that is linked with an achievable implementation plan.