Systems for Managing HIV and AIDS in Schools in Diverse Contexts
South Africa is currently experiencing one of the most severe AIDS epidemics in the world with more than five million (or an estimated 11%) of the population living with HIV.
South Africa is currently experiencing one of the most severe AIDS epidemics in the world with more than five million (or an estimated 11%) of the population living with HIV.
Countless HIV/AIDS interventions rely on teachers to deliver vital prevention messages to their students but do not target the teachers as direct beneficiaries, even though the teachers themselves are at risk of HIV infection.
The Prevention and Treatment Access (PTA) program of the American Federation of Teachers Educational Foundation (AFT-EF) is a unique partnership designed to strengthen the capacity of the 230,000-member Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT) to implement effective HIV/AIDS interventions for Keny
The technical consultation brought together a range of different stakeholders including ministries of education, teachers' unions and HIV-positive teachers' networks from six countries: Kenya, Namibia, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
Once limited to the medical field, the issue of HIV and AIDS has spread to other socioeconomic spheres because of its generalised negative impact. The education sector has been equally affected, prompting ZIMTA and other stakeholders to initiate intervention programmes.
L'atelier régional de lancement de la recherche transnationale du ROCARE sur l'impact du VIH/SIDA sur les enseignants dans l'éducation formelle et non formelle en Afrique de l'Ouest s'est tenu du 19 au 23 mars 2007 à Niamey.
A review was conducted to assess key achievements of the Accelerate Initiative, lessons learned and possible ways forward.
Dans le cadre de l’initiative mondiale sur l’Education et le VIH/SIDA (EDUSIDA), le Bureau de l’UNESCO – Bujumbura a conçu le projet « Renforcement des capacités des jeunes pour répondre à l’épidémie du VIH/SIDA sur financement du gouvernement japonais et le plan d’opérationnalisation de ce proje
CHANGES2 began implementation in August 2005 and will continue through September 2009.
This document brings together key note speeches and summaries of debates from the Imagined Futures II conference. Topics include: students as agents of change; curriculum; knowledge exchange; peer education and masculinity.