Health and family life education policy
Health and Family Life Education, a comprehensive life-skill programme, is the chosen vehicle for HIV and AIDS prevention including both knowledge and skill acquisition.
Health and Family Life Education, a comprehensive life-skill programme, is the chosen vehicle for HIV and AIDS prevention including both knowledge and skill acquisition.
The National Aboriginal Youth Strategy on HIV and AIDS in Canada serves as guidance and offers a holistic approach for Aboriginal Peoples across Canada to lower the high rates of HIV and AIDS, specifically among Aboriginal youth.
The objectives of this policy are: to ensure a supportive work environment for staff infected and affected by HIV/AIDS; to eliminate stigma and discrimination in the workplace on the basis of real or perceived HIV status or vulnerability to HIV infection; to reduce the number of new infections am
It is generally accepted that the education sector has a significant role to play in the prevention of HIV infection, in the support of infected and affected people. HIV/AIDS must be considered core business for every educational institution.
This Manual is designed to be used to guide the conduct of a 6-day Trainer of Trainers workshop for approximately 20 participants. It is primarily instructor-led but may be used for self-paced learning by persons in the early childhood field.
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.
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.
The Government of Trinidad and Tobago has developed a National Strategic Plan (NSP) which aims to reduce the incidence of HIV infections in Trinidad and Tobago and to mitigate the negative impact of HIV and AIDS on persons infected and affected in Trinidad and Tobago.
In line with the Revised National Policy Document on HIV and AIDS in Guyana (2006) the Ministry of Education (MOE) seeks to play its part in the multisectoral response that is needed if the epidemic is to be overcome.
This Education Sector School Health, Nutrition and HIV and AIDS Strategic plan (2008-2012) has been drafted in line with the newly produced Education Sector Policy on School Health, Nutrition and HIV and AIDS.