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Education and HIV/AIDS : a window of hope.
Van Pelt Library RA643.86.D44 E385 2002
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- AIDS (Disease)--Developing countries.
- AIDS (Disease).
- Developing countries.
- Education--Developing countries.
- Education.
- Government aid to education.
- World Bank.
- Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome--prevention & control.
- HIV Infections--prevention & control.
- Developing Countries.
- Educational Status--statistics & numerical data.
- Government Programs.
- Health Education.
- Medical Subjects:
- Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome--prevention & control.
- HIV Infections--prevention & control.
- Developing Countries.
- Education.
- Educational Status--statistics & numerical data.
- Government Programs.
- Health Education.
- Physical Description:
- xxiii, 79 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, DC : World Bank, [2002]
- Contents:
- 1. HIV/AIDS and Why Education Matters 1
- Where we are today 1
- How we got here 3
- Why education matters 3
- 2. The Impact of HIV/AIDS on Education 11
- Supply and quality 11
- Demand 14
- AIDS orphans 16
- School-age girls 20
- Impact of HIV/AIDS on education sector costs 23
- 3. Country Responses: Promising Directions 27
- School-based prevention programs 30
- Skills-based health education 30
- Using peer educators and counselors 34
- Planning for the supply of teachers 35
- Maintaining the supply of teachers 38
- Adopting multimedia approaches 39
- Supporting orphans and other vulnerable children 40
- 4. Strategy for Action 45
- Define objectives and targeted outcomes 46
- Expand knowledge base for interventions 47
- Identify actions needed 47
- Find public or private donor resources for financing these actions 51
- Address complex outstanding issues 51
- 5. The World Bank's Role 55
- Scaling up successful approaches 58
- Promoting innovation 59
- Mobilizing resources 60
- Generating and sharing knowledge 60
- Building capacity 62
- Working with strategic partners 63
- Appendix Prospects for Achieving EFA Goals 65
- Box 1-1. The Millennium Development Goals 4
- Box 1-2. Education: Why a window of hope? 5
- Box 1-3. Education can protect women from HIV/AIDS 7
- Box 1-4. EFA goals 8
- Box 2-1. HIV/AIDS and teacher supply: Evidence from Africa 12
- Box 2-2. HIV infection rates among children and adolescents 15
- Box 2-3. School-age orphans in Africa: How many? 17
- Box 2-4. HIV/AIDS infection rates among girls and young women 21
- Box 2-5. How common is sexual abuse of children and adolescents? 23
- Box 3-1. Progress in Zambia 29
- Box 3-2. Why FRESH? 34
- Box 3-3. Strategic planning for education in southern Africa 36
- Box 3-4. The Ed-SIDA/AIDS model: An example 37
- Box 3-5. Helping out-of-school youth in the Philippines 41
- Box 4-1. A youth-to-youth school health program for HIV/AIDS-affected countries in Sub-Saharan Africa 50
- Box 5-1. EFA: What will it take? 57
- Box 5-2. Protecting Nigeria's education systems: Planning is indispensable 59
- Box 5-3. Uganda HIV/AIDS Control Project: A best-practice role for education 61
- Box 5-4. Advocating behavioral change in Thailand 62
- Box 5-5. Partnering to prevent youth infection 63.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 71-78).
- ISBN:
- 0821351176
- OCLC:
- 49277358
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