Strengthening the Education Sector : Response to HIV/AIDS in the Caribbean

This report the findings and outcomes of the three joint UNESCO/World Bank missions to Guyana, Jamaica, and St. Lucia, and elaborates on next steps identified for action at both national and regional levels. The report also sets these findings and next steps within the broader context of the Caribbean plan for action and presents in its appendixes sample resources to guide the development of a comprehensive response to Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (HIV&AIDS) by the education sector. The priority placed on the education sector's response is based on evidence that education contributes towards the knowledge and personal skills essential for the prevention of HIV, and protects individuals, families, communities, institutions, and nations from the impact of AIDS. Education helps to overcome the conditions that facilitate the spread of HIV and can create the understanding and tolerance that contribute to reduced stigma and discrimination against vulnerable and marginalized communities and people living with HIV. The CARICOM regional body in the Caribbean, as well as leadership at the national level, has demonstrated commitment to accelerating the education sector response to HIV&AIDS. To fully maximize efforts at the national and regional levels, including (i) information and research; (ii) capacity building for planning, decision- making and coordination; (iii) strengthening teacher education and learning materials; and (iv) stigma, discrimination and human rights, including attention to cultural differences, will be addressed more systematically.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	UNESCO, World Bank
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC : World Bank 2008-01-29
Subjects:	ABSENTEEISM, ACCESS TO CONDOMS, ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME, ACTIVE LEARNING, ADULT EDUCATION, AID, AIDS CRISIS, AIDS EDUCATION, AIDS EPIDEMIC, AIDS PREVENTION, AIDS PREVENTION EDUCATION, AIDS PROGRAM, AIDS PROJECT, AIDS PROJECTS, BASIC EDUCATION, BASIS FOR ACTION, BEHAVIORAL SURVEILLANCE, CAPACITY BUILDING, CAREGIVERS, CASES OF AIDS, CHILD DEVELOPMENT, COMMUNITIES, CONDOM, CONDOM DISTRIBUTION, CURRICULUM, CURRICULUM CONTENT, CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT, CURRICULUM REQUIREMENTS, DEVELOPMENT OF POLICIES, DISCRIMINATION, DISCRIMINATION IN RECRUITMENT, DISSEMINATION, DRUG USE, DRUGS, EDUCATION FOR ALL, EDUCATION PROJECTS, EDUCATION SECTOR, EDUCATION SYSTEM, EDUCATION SYSTEMS, EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES, EDUCATIONAL PLANNING, EDUCATIONAL SYSTEMS, EDUCATORS, EFFECTIVE ACTION, EFFECTIVE EDUCATION, EFFECTIVE PREVENTION, EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA, EPIDEMIOLOGY, EXISTING RESOURCES, FAMILY LIFE EDUCATION, GENDER, GIRLS, GLOBAL CAMPAIGN, GLOBAL CAMPAIGN FOR EDUCATION, GREENHOUSE GASES, HEALTH PROMOTION, HEALTH SECTOR, HEALTH-SECTOR, HIV, HIV INFECTION, HIV TRANSMISSION, HIV-AIDS, HUMAN CAPACITY, HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS, HUMAN RIGHTS, IMMUNE DEFICIENCY, IMMUNODEFICIENCY, IMPACT OF AIDS, INCLUSION, INFORMATION SYSTEM, INJECTING DRUG USERS, INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY, INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS, INTERGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS, INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION, INTERNATIONAL LABOR ORGANIZATION, INTERVENTIONS, KNOWLEDGE SHARING, LEARNING MATERIALS, LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES, LEGAL STATUS, LIFE SKILLS, LIFELONG LEARNING, LIFESTYLES, LITERACY, LOCAL CAPACITY, MAINSTREAM, MAINSTREAMING, MALARIA, MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS, MINISTERS OF HEALTH, MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, MINISTRY OF HEALTH, MINORITIES, MORTALITY, NATIONAL AIDS, NATIONAL EDUCATION, NATIONAL LEVEL, NATIONAL LEVELS, NATIONAL POLICY, NATURAL RESOURCES, NUTRITION, OFFICIAL DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE, ORPHANS, PANDEMIC, PEER EDUCATION, PLAN OF ACTION, POLICY DEVELOPMENT, POLICY FRAMEWORK, POLICY GUIDANCE, POLITICAL LEADERSHIP, POLITICAL SUPPORT, PREVALENCE RATE, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, PROGRESS, PSYCHOSOCIAL SUPPORT, PUBLIC DISCUSSION, PUPILS, QUALITY EDUCATION, REFUGEES, REGIONAL EDUCATION, REGIONAL INITIATIVES, REGIONAL NETWORKS, REGIONAL POLICIES, REGIONAL STRATEGY, RELIGIOUS LEADERS, REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH, RESOURCE MOBILIZATION, RESOURCE STREAMS, RESPECT, RIGHTS PERSPECTIVE, RISK FACTORS, RISKY BEHAVIORS, SCHOOL AGE, SCHOOL AGE CHILDREN, SCHOOL HEALTH, SCHOOL SURVEY, SCHOOL SURVEY DATA, SCHOOLS, SECTORAL POLICIES, SENSITIVE ISSUES, SEX, SEX EDUCATION, SEX WITH MEN, SEX WORKERS, SEXUAL ABUSE, SEXUAL ACTIVITY, SEXUAL TRANSMISSION, SOCIAL AFFAIRS, SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION, SOCIETY, SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA, SUPPLY NEEDS, TEACHER ABSENTEEISM, TEACHER EDUCATION, TEACHER MANUALS, TEACHER RECRUITMENT, TEACHER SUPPLY, TEACHER TRAINING, TEACHER TRAINING INSTITUTIONS, TEACHERS, TEACHING, TEACHING METHODS, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, TECHNICAL SUPPORT, TEXTBOOKS, TOLERANCE, TRADITIONAL HEALERS, TREATMENT ACCESS, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, TUBERCULOSIS, UNAIDS, UNFPA, UNIONS, UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT FUND FOR WOMEN, UNITED NATIONS POPULATION FUND, UNIVERSAL ACCESS, VOLUNTARY COUNSELING, VOLUNTARY COUNSELLING, VULNERABLE CHILDREN, YOUNG PEOPLE, YOUTH,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/01/9016635/strengthening-education-sector-response-hivaids-caribbean https://hdl.handle.net/10986/6369
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