The impact of the AIDS epidemic on teachers in sub-Saharan Africa: a further update
It is still widely anticipated that the AIDS epidemic will have a devastating impact on the education sector in Africa.
It is still widely anticipated that the AIDS epidemic will have a devastating impact on the education sector in Africa.
Addressing the needs of orphans and vulnerable children (OVC) and mitigating negative outcomes of the growing OVC population worldwide is a high priority for national governments and international stakeholders across the globe who recognize this as an issue with social, economic, and human rights
It is estimated that there are currently around 122,000 teachers in sub- Saharan Africa who are living with HIV, the vast majority of whom have not sought testing and do not know their HIV status.
In 2007, the Federal Ministry of Education, Nigeria, undertook a review in order to document how the Government of Nigeria and development partners worked together to build a systematic education sector response to HIV and AIDS in the country.
The paper examines the degree to which orphans and other vulnerable children is addressed in national development instruments in eastern and southern Africa, assuming that integration brings tangible benefits for orphans and vulnerable children.
This report card aims to provide a summary of HIV prevention for girls and young women in Mozambique.
In 2005, an estimated 48 million children aged 0-18 years, that is to say 12 percent of all children in sub-Saharan Africa, were orphans, and that number is expected to rise to 53 million by 2010.
The book shows that while gender inequalities in society generally, and particularly within the education sector, are driving aspects of the HIV epidemic, educational settings can be empowering and bring about change.
Much is going well with the effort to provide universal primary education in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Current interest in cross-generational sex is largely due to the feminization of the HIV and AIDS epidemic.