Education and HIV / AIDS : A Window of Hope

The paper highlights that the education of children, and youth merits the highest priority in a world afflicted by HIV/AIDS, specifically because a good basic education ranks among the most effective - and cost-effective - means of HIV prevention. It also merits priority because the very education system that supplies a nation's future, is being greatly threatened by the epidemic, particularly in areas of high, or rising HIV prevalence. The paper confronts the destructive power of the epidemic, with the need to accelerate efforts towards achieving "education for all" goals, aiming at prioritizing education, because education is a major engine of economic, and social development, and, because education is a proven means to prevent HIV/AIDS. It aims at setting promising directions for such responsiveness, as revealed by a review of country experience to date: based on strategic planning in pursuit of educational goals, school-based prevention programs, and health education, focused on resources for effective school health (in partnership with the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), World Health Organization (WHO), the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), and the Bank, should expand skills-based for youth peer education, and support for orphans. The broad principles of Bank support for education, underline the need to asses the impact of the epidemic vs. educational systems, to mobilize resources, reinforced by government commitments for sharing knowledge, and building capacity, within strategic partnerships.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Publication biblioteca
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2002
Subjects:	ACHIEVEMENT, ADDITION, ADOLESCENTS, AGE GROUP, AGED, AIDS EPIDEMIC, BASIC EDUCATION, CHILD DEVELOPMENT, COUNSELORS, DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, DEVELOPMENT GOALS, DROPOUT RATES, DRUG USERS, ECONOMIC GROWTH, EDUCATING GIRLS, EDUCATION, EDUCATION INDICATORS, EDUCATION PROJECTS, EDUCATION SECTOR, EDUCATION STATISTICS, EDUCATION SYSTEM, EDUCATION SYSTEMS, EDUCATIONAL LEVELS, EDUCATIONAL QUALITY, EDUCATORS, ENROLLMENT, ENROLLMENT RATES, EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES, EXTERNAL SUPPORT, FAMILIES, FAMILY PLANNING, FEMALE EDUCATION, FINANCIAL RESOURCES, GENDER EQUALITY, GENDER EQUITY, GIRLS, HEALTH CARE, HEALTH EDUCATION, HIV INFECTION, IMMUNODEFICIENCY, INNOVATION, INSTRUCTION, INTERVENTIONS, INVESTMENT IN EDUCATION, KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY, LEARNING, LEVEL OF EDUCATION, LEVELS OF EDUCATION, LIFE EXPECTANCY, LIFELONG LEARNING, LITERACY, LITERATURE, LIVING STANDARDS, MALARIA, MOBILITY, MORTALITY, MOTHERS, NATIONAL EDUCATION, NATIONAL EDUCATION GOALS, NET ENROLLMENT, NET ENROLLMENT RATIO, NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS, ORPHANS, OUT-OF-SCHOOL YOUTH, PAPERS, PARENTS, PARTNERSHIP, PEER EDUCATION, POOR COUNTRIES, POVERTY REDUCTION, PREGNANT WOMEN, PRIMARY EDUCATION, PRIMARY SCHOOL, PRIMARY SCHOOLS, PRIVATE SECTOR, PUBLIC HEALTH, PUBLIC SECTOR, QUALITY OF EDUCATION, RADIO, REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH, RISK GROUPS, SCHOOL HEALTH, SCHOOLING, SCHOOLS, SECONDARY EDUCATION, SEX TOURISM, SEXUAL ABUSE, SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, STRATEGIC PLANNING, TEACHER, TEACHER SUPPLY, TEACHERS, UNIVERSAL PRIMARY EDUCATION, WORKERS, YOUNG PEOPLE, YOUNG WOMEN, YOUTH ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME, HIV VIRUSES, EDUCATION FOR ALL, EDUCATION & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, HEALTH ASPECTS, COST-EFFECTIVENESS, EDUCATION OF DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN, DISEASE PREVENTION & CONTROL, EPIDEMICS, SOCIOECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT, SCHOOL BASED MANAGEMENT, EDUCATIONAL SYSTEMS, RESOURCES MOBILIZATION, GOVERNMENT COMMITMENTS, KNOWLEDGE SHARING, CAPACITY BUILDING, PARTNERSHIPS,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/01/1768225/education-hiv-aids-window-hope http://hdl.handle.net/10986/14073
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