Publication: Education and HIV / AIDS : A Window of Hope
Date
2002
ISSN
Published
2002
Author(s)
World Bank
Abstract
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.
Citation
“World Bank. 2002. Education and HIV / AIDS : A Window of Hope. © Washington, DC. http://openknowledge.worldbank.org/entities/publication/2951abf2-a703-5042-b993-9b80b5320a14 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”