Length of secondary schooling and risk of HIV infection in Botswana: evidence from a natural experiment
Background An estimated 2.1 million individuals are newly infected with HIV every year.
Background An estimated 2.1 million individuals are newly infected with HIV every year.
This paper discusses the impact of HIV/AIDS in Botswana with particular reference to the education sector.
This policy is a model for policies to be developed by individual training institutions for use in their own context.
The paper examines the situation of HIV/AIDS globally, and in Africa. Up to recently higher education institutions had done very little in terms of response to the pandemic.
The article reports findings on the impact of HIV/AIDS on the University of Botswana. Data from multiple sources was used to ascertain prevalence rates, morbidity and mortality among students and staff.
The paper underlines the need for TVET to develop common regional strategies for professional development geared towards empowering TVE trainers in planning and implementing the best approaches to HIV/aids education.
The first AIDS case in Botswana was reported in 1985. By the year 2000 the country was experiencing one of the severest HIV/AIDS epidemic on the continent. The governments' initial response was to start a National AIDS Control Programme (NACP) and a short Term Plan.
Of the 8,600,000 young people living with HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa, 67 percent are young women and 33 percent are young men (Young People and HIV/AIDS: Opportunity in Crisis, UNICEF, UNAIDS, WHO, 2001).
L'avenir des pays africains semble hypothéqué par l'avancée destructrice de la pandémie du VIH/SIDA.
La problématique des enfants de la rue face aux drogues et au VIH/sida est indissociable du contexte dans lequel ces deux questions se développent ; la première partie du document y est consacrée.