Ensuring quality: Ministry of Education and NGOs responding to the AIDS pandemic

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. The education sector can do this by developing the following elements: an overarching education sector policy that reaches out to inform, protect, and support learners and teachers; a skills-based Health and Family Life Education curriculum with a strong focus on HIV and AIDS prevention; a healthy psycho-social and physical educational environment; and information about and links to resources, services, care, and support.