Minimum standards for education in emergencies, chronic crisis and early reconstruction
Wars and natural disasters deny generations the knowledge and opportunities that an education can provide.
Wars and natural disasters deny generations the knowledge and opportunities that an education can provide.
Today HIV/AIDS is one of the biggest challenges facing the world. The risk of getting the virus is particularly high for young injecting drug users, who are isolated, marginalized and often lack access to even basic prevention services.
This report contains information on ways to prevent sexually transmitted diseases through education in the greater Mekong sub region.
AIDS, conflicts, and other crises have swelled the number of orphans in much of Sub-Saharan Africa, thereby threatening realization of the Millennium Development Goals in the areas of education, health, nutrition, and poverty reduction.
Drawing on an overview of research conducted for WHO's Department of HIV/AIDS, this paper outlines some of the issues that need to be addressed when working on HIV/AIDS prevention with young people.
The human tragedy and mounting crisis of orphans and vulnerable children demands a global response. Attention now is required to generate the resources and to expand the partnerships needed to respond adequately, and with common objectives, over the long term.
Of the estimated 42 million people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) at the end of 2002, 19.2 million-or about 45 percent-were women (UNAIDS and World Health Organization [WHO], 2002).
This framework and resource guide is intended to help people involved in programs assisting orphans and vulnerable children conduct a situation analysis.