Mainstreaming HIV Interventions into Education Systems

Anne A. Khasakhala

Chapter 10 in Vulnerabilities, Impacts, and Responses to HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa, 2013, pp 196-211 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract The HIV epidemic continues to threaten the achievement of national developmental agendas and, by extension, the Millennium Development Goals, including the goals for education. The United Nation’s 2011 Political Declaration on HIV and AIDS set the ambitious target of halving by 2015 the percentages of young people below 15 years who had sexual intercourse (UNAIDS 2011). This and related goals are to be achieved largely by expanding access to children aged less than 15 years to information and education for the improvement of life skills. This strategy was based on the premise that education is a ‘window of hope’ and a social ‘vaccine’ against HIV since it equips individuals with knowledge necessary for survival (Hargreaves and Boler 2006; World Bank 2002). According to UNICEF (2002), the education sector shoulders the task of finding lasting solutions that mitigate the impacts of the HIV pandemic.

Keywords: Teacher Training; Education Sector; Life Skill; Condom Distribution; School Health Program (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1057/9781137009951_10

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