Mainstreaming HIV in the education sector
This guidance note discusses the intersection of HIV and the education sector and suggests ways in which programmes and projects in this sector can mainstream HIV.
This guidance note discusses the intersection of HIV and the education sector and suggests ways in which programmes and projects in this sector can mainstream HIV.
The purpose of this document is to seek to reassure teachers as to the possible risk of being infected by contact with members of the school community who may be carriers of the HIV virus.
The tool can be used to design a new HIV prevention program for adolescents, as well as other programs related to the larger context of sexual and reproductive health (such as pregnancy prevention programs).
The purpose of this guide is to strengthen the capacity of HIV/AIDS program managers to design interventions that reduce adolescents' vulnerability to HIV by offering viable and effective livelihood options to supplant high-risk behaviors motivated by economic insecurity.
To implement the education sector's comprehensive response to HIV, the Ministry of Education Jamaica, in its National Policy for the Management of HIV/AIDS in Schools, recommends that every school in Jamaica establish a Health Advisory Committee.