Health and Education Resource Centre
Case Studies & Research
Developmental implications of HIV/AIDS, the case of AIDS orphans and caregivers in Addis Ababa
Children orphaned due to HIV/AIDS are those with broken families, beyond their control they are vulnerable to various kinds of survival and human rights problems. Their problems are so complex, multi-dimensional and very serious and have been increasing in the sub-Saharan Africa.
Growing up and sexual maturation among the Luo of Kenya: removing barriers to quality education
This document was written to follow up the exploratory studies undertaken by the Quality Education for Social Transformation (QUEST) programme in Kenya, Uganda and Zimbabwe.
The contemporary management of growing up and sexual maturation: the role of the primary school in Kenya
The purpose of this document is to portray an accurate picture of the challenges faced by pre-pubescent young people in Kenya as they enter into adulthood and to reveal the misconceptions and myths about growing up, as well as the negative impact of these myths on the educational needs of margina
A Study of the Education Sector's Response to HIV and AIDS in Ghana
The Study of the Education Sector Response to HIV and AIDS in Ghana provides a case study of how the challenges of the HIV and AIDS epidemic are being met by the Government of Ghana, through the Education Strategic Plan, which seeks to promote and apply multiple interventions in the formal educat
Reducing the burden of HIV & AIDS care on women and girls: VSO policy brief
This policy brief builds on VSO's earlier work, Gendering AIDS: women, men, empowerment, mobilisation, and highlights the crisis in delivering equitable health care for people living with HIV & AIDS, and the overwhelming burden it places on women and girls.
Situational analysis of orphaned and vulnerable children in eight Zimbabwean districts
In response to the AIDS epidemic and poverty, the Zimbabwean government and other organisations are implementing various programmes aimed at assisting orphans and vulnerable children (OVC) in the eight districts surveyed.
Pregnancy-related school dropout and prior school performance in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
This study is an article extracted from "Studies in family planning", special issue on Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive health in sub-Saharan Africa, published in December 2008.
Sexual behavior, pregnancy, and schooling among young people in urban South Africa
This study is an article extracted from "Studies in Family Planning", special issue on Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health in Sub-Saharan Africa, published in December 2008.
Associations between premarital sex and leaving school in four Sub-Saharan African countries
This study is an article extracted from "Studies in Family Planning", special issue on "Adolescent sexual and reproductive health in Sub-Saharan Africa", published in December 2008.