Africa

Case Studies & Research
Case Studies & Research | 2003

The impact of the AIDS epidemic on schooling in sub-Saharan Africa

This report assesses the actual and likely impacts of HIV/AIDS epidemic on schooling in sub-Saharan Africa. In particular, it reviews available evidence concerning the school attendance of orphans and morbidity and mortality among teachers in high prevalence countries.

Case Studies & Research
Case Studies & Research | 2005

Teacher mortality in sub-Saharan Africa: an update

The HIV/AIDS epidemic is expected to have a catastrophic impact on teachers in sub-Saharan Africa. It is also widely asserted that teachers themselves are a relatively high-risk group with respect to HIV infection.

Learning & Teaching Materials
Learning & Teaching Materials | 1999

Choices: a guide for young people.

Choices is written for young people between the ages of 10 and 24 years; for peer educators and youth leaders; for teachers, health care workers and parents and anyone who is helping young people to grow up as fulfilled and responsible human beings with a sexual and social life.

Case Studies & Research
Case Studies & Research | 2005

Orphanhood and the long-run impact on children

This paper presents unique evidence that orphanhood matters in the long-run for health and education outcomes, in a region of Northwestern Tanzania, an area deeply affected by HIV-AIDS in Africa. We use a sample of non-orphans surveyed in 1991-94, who were traced and reinterviewed in 2004.