Courage and Hope : Stories from Teachers Living with HIV in Sub-Saharan Africa
It is estimated that there are currently approximately 122,000 teachers in Sub-Saharan Africa who are living with HIV, the vast majority of whom have not sought testing and do not know their HIV status. Stigma remains the greatest challenge and the...
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ABSTINENCE ACCESS TO EDUCATION ACCESS TO QUALITY EDUCATION ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME ADOLESCENTS AGED AID AIDS EDUCATION AIDS ORPHANS ANXIETY BARRIER BASIC EDUCATION BLOOD TRANSFUSION BOARDING CAREER CHILD DEVELOPMENT CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM CHURCHES CLASSROOM COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES COMMUNITIES COMPLICATIONS CONDOMS COUGHING DEATH RATES DEPRESSION DIET DISCRIMINATION DISEASE DISEASES DISSEMINATION DRUGS EARLY YEARS EDUCATED PEOPLE EDUCATION SECTOR ENROLMENT RATES ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS EPIDEMIC FAMILY LIFE EDUCATION FAMILY MEMBERS FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION FINANCIAL CONSTRAINTS FOOD SECURITY FORMULATION OF POLICIES GENDER GENERAL EDUCATION GENOCIDE HEAD TEACHER HEAD TEACHERS HEALTH CENTRE HEALTHY LIFE HIGHER EDUCATION HIV HIV EDUCATION HIV INFECTION HIV INFECTIONS HIV POLICIES HIV PREVENTION HIV TESTING HIV/AIDS HOSPITAL HOSPITALS HOUSEHOLD LEVEL HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS HUSBANDS HYGIENE ILLNESS ILLNESSES IMMUNE DEFICIENCY IMMUNE SYSTEM IMMUNODEFICIENCY INCOME-GENERATING ACTIVITIES INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR MIGRATION INTERNATIONAL WOMEN INTERVENTIONS JOB SECURITY JOURNALISTS LARGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE LEADERSHIP LEARNING LEGAL STATUS LEVELS OF EDUCATION LIMITED RESOURCES LITERACY MALARIA MASS COMMUNICATION MEDICAL ATTENTION MEDICAL CARE MEDICAL FACILITIES MEDICAL FACILITY MEDICAL SERVICES MEDICAL SUPPORT MIGRANT MIGRANT WORKERS MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS MINISTRY OF EDUCATION MORAL SUPPORT MOTHER MOTHER-TO-CHILD MOTHER-TO-CHILD TRANSMISSION NATIONAL EDUCATION NATIONAL POLICY NEW INFECTIONS NEWSLETTER NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS NUMBER OF PEOPLE NURSE NUTRITION NUTRITIONAL NEEDS OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS PANDEMIC PATIENT PATIENTS PEACE PHYSICAL EDUCATION PITY PLAGUE PNEUMONIA PREVALENCE PREVENTION EDUCATION PRIMARY ENROLLMENT PRIMARY HEALTH CARE PRIMARY SCHOOL PRIMARY SCHOOL LEVEL PRIMARY SCHOOLS PROGRESS QUALITY EDUCATION QUALITY OF EDUCATION RADIO READING RELIGIOUS GROUPS REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH RESEARCHERS RESPECT RURAL AREAS SAFETY SCHOOL CURRICULA SCHOOL CURRICULUM SCHOOL HEALTH SCHOOL SYSTEM SECONDARY EDUCATION SECONDARY SCHOOL SECONDARY SCHOOLS SEX SEX EDUCATION SEXUAL INTERCOURSE SEXUALITY SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS SIGHT SLEEP SOCIAL CONDITIONS SOCIAL IMPACT SOCIAL ISSUES SOCIAL SECURITY SOCIETY SPORTS SPOUSE SYMPTOMS TABOO TB TEACHER TRAINING TEACHERS TEACHING TECHNICAL SUPPORT THERAPY TOUCH TRADITIONAL MEDICINE TRAINING ACTIVITIES TRAUMA TREATMENT TROPICAL MEDICINE TV UNIONS UNIVERSAL ACCESS UNIVERSITY TRAINING VACCINE VICTIMS VOLUNTARY COUNSELLING WAR WOMAN WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION YOUNG PEOPLE YOUTH |
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ABSTINENCE ACCESS TO EDUCATION ACCESS TO QUALITY EDUCATION ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME ADOLESCENTS AGED AID AIDS EDUCATION AIDS ORPHANS ANXIETY BARRIER BASIC EDUCATION BLOOD TRANSFUSION BOARDING CAREER CHILD DEVELOPMENT CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM CHURCHES CLASSROOM COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES COMMUNITIES COMPLICATIONS CONDOMS COUGHING DEATH RATES DEPRESSION DIET DISCRIMINATION DISEASE DISEASES DISSEMINATION DRUGS EARLY YEARS EDUCATED PEOPLE EDUCATION SECTOR ENROLMENT RATES ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS EPIDEMIC FAMILY LIFE EDUCATION FAMILY MEMBERS FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION FINANCIAL CONSTRAINTS FOOD SECURITY FORMULATION OF POLICIES GENDER GENERAL EDUCATION GENOCIDE HEAD TEACHER HEAD TEACHERS HEALTH CENTRE HEALTHY LIFE HIGHER EDUCATION HIV HIV EDUCATION HIV INFECTION HIV INFECTIONS HIV POLICIES HIV PREVENTION HIV TESTING HIV/AIDS HOSPITAL HOSPITALS HOUSEHOLD LEVEL HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS HUSBANDS HYGIENE ILLNESS ILLNESSES IMMUNE DEFICIENCY IMMUNE SYSTEM IMMUNODEFICIENCY INCOME-GENERATING ACTIVITIES INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR MIGRATION INTERNATIONAL WOMEN INTERVENTIONS JOB SECURITY JOURNALISTS LARGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE LEADERSHIP LEARNING LEGAL STATUS LEVELS OF EDUCATION LIMITED RESOURCES LITERACY MALARIA MASS COMMUNICATION MEDICAL ATTENTION MEDICAL CARE MEDICAL FACILITIES MEDICAL FACILITY MEDICAL SERVICES MEDICAL SUPPORT MIGRANT MIGRANT WORKERS MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS MINISTRY OF EDUCATION MORAL SUPPORT MOTHER MOTHER-TO-CHILD MOTHER-TO-CHILD TRANSMISSION NATIONAL EDUCATION NATIONAL POLICY NEW INFECTIONS NEWSLETTER NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS NUMBER OF PEOPLE NURSE NUTRITION NUTRITIONAL NEEDS OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS PANDEMIC PATIENT PATIENTS PEACE PHYSICAL EDUCATION PITY PLAGUE PNEUMONIA PREVALENCE PREVENTION EDUCATION PRIMARY ENROLLMENT PRIMARY HEALTH CARE PRIMARY SCHOOL PRIMARY SCHOOL LEVEL PRIMARY SCHOOLS PROGRESS QUALITY EDUCATION QUALITY OF EDUCATION RADIO READING RELIGIOUS GROUPS REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH RESEARCHERS RESPECT RURAL AREAS SAFETY SCHOOL CURRICULA SCHOOL CURRICULUM SCHOOL HEALTH SCHOOL SYSTEM SECONDARY EDUCATION SECONDARY SCHOOL SECONDARY SCHOOLS SEX SEX EDUCATION SEXUAL INTERCOURSE SEXUALITY SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS SIGHT SLEEP SOCIAL CONDITIONS SOCIAL IMPACT SOCIAL ISSUES SOCIAL SECURITY SOCIETY SPORTS SPOUSE SYMPTOMS TABOO TB TEACHER TRAINING TEACHERS TEACHING TECHNICAL SUPPORT THERAPY TOUCH TRADITIONAL MEDICINE TRAINING ACTIVITIES TRAUMA TREATMENT TROPICAL MEDICINE TV UNIONS UNIVERSAL ACCESS UNIVERSITY TRAINING VACCINE VICTIMS VOLUNTARY COUNSELLING WAR WOMAN WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION YOUNG PEOPLE YOUTH Bundy, Donald Aduda, David Woolnough, Alice Drake, Lesley Manda, Stella Courage and Hope : Stories from Teachers Living with HIV in Sub-Saharan Africa |
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It is estimated that there are currently
approximately 122,000 teachers in Sub-Saharan Africa who are
living with HIV, the vast majority of whom have not sought
testing and do not know their HIV status. Stigma remains the
greatest challenge and the major barrier to accessing and
providing assistance to these teachers. The idea to collect
stories from teachers living with HIV was inspired during
the Association for the Development of Education in Africa
(ADEA) biennial meeting in Libreville, Gabon, in March 2006.
At the conclusion of the meeting, Margaret Wambete shared a
moving account of her life as a teacher living with HIV in
Kenya. Margaret's presentation alluded to the fact that
teachers living positively, in part due to their leadership
role and in part due to their visibility in society,
experience a unique set of challenges related to their
HIV-positive status. To emphasize the human dimension of
these stories, the technical team worked with journalists
rather than researchers. A seasoned journalist responsible
for the education section of a major Kenyan newspaper led
eight local journalists in documenting these stories.
Working with teacher unions and networks of HIV-positive
teachers in various countries, a number of HIV-positive
teachers were identified as willing participants for this
project. The journalists each interviewed teachers living
with HIV from their home country and recorded their stories.
Once collected, the stories were vetted for accuracy of
interpretation and then reviewed more widely at the meeting
of the African networks of ministry of education
HIV&AIDS focal points in Nairobi in November 2007. From
the interactions, the journalists learned that news
conferences, reports, or press statements they rely on for
information about HIV are not enough. Understanding the HIV
challenge requires close association with those living with
the HIV virus. These individuals have moving personal
testimonies that cannot be captured through hard facts and
figures. Only through close interaction can people living
with HIV express their fears, needs, and aspirations.
Personal testimonies from the teachers are a powerful tool
for spreading the message on HIV. Facts and figures are
important, but listening to those who have lived through the
experiences telling their stories makes the message more
potent. The lessons journalists learned from the exercise
will surely help them and readers of this book in redefining
their perception about HIV, especially in relation to
professionals such as teachers. |
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Courage and Hope : Stories from
Teachers Living with HIV in Sub-Saharan Africa |
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Courage and Hope : Stories from
Teachers Living with HIV in Sub-Saharan Africa |
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Courage and Hope : Stories from
Teachers Living with HIV in Sub-Saharan Africa |
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Courage and Hope : Stories from
Teachers Living with HIV in Sub-Saharan Africa |
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Teachers Living with HIV in Sub-Saharan Africa |
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okr-10986-27002021-04-23T14:02:03Z Courage and Hope : Stories from Teachers Living with HIV in Sub-Saharan Africa Bundy, Donald Aduda, David Woolnough, Alice Drake, Lesley Manda, Stella Bundy, Donald Aduda, David Woolnough, Alice Drake, Lesley Manda, Stella ABSTINENCE ACCESS TO EDUCATION ACCESS TO QUALITY EDUCATION ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME ADOLESCENTS AGED AID AIDS EDUCATION AIDS ORPHANS ANXIETY BARRIER BASIC EDUCATION BLOOD TRANSFUSION BOARDING CAREER CHILD DEVELOPMENT CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM CHURCHES CLASSROOM COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES COMMUNITIES COMPLICATIONS CONDOMS COUGHING DEATH RATES DEPRESSION DIET DISCRIMINATION DISEASE DISEASES DISSEMINATION DRUGS EARLY YEARS EDUCATED PEOPLE EDUCATION SECTOR ENROLMENT RATES ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS EPIDEMIC FAMILY LIFE EDUCATION FAMILY MEMBERS FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION FINANCIAL CONSTRAINTS FOOD SECURITY FORMULATION OF POLICIES GENDER GENERAL EDUCATION GENOCIDE HEAD TEACHER HEAD TEACHERS HEALTH CENTRE HEALTHY LIFE HIGHER EDUCATION HIV HIV EDUCATION HIV INFECTION HIV INFECTIONS HIV POLICIES HIV PREVENTION HIV TESTING HIV/AIDS HOSPITAL HOSPITALS HOUSEHOLD LEVEL HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS HUSBANDS HYGIENE ILLNESS ILLNESSES IMMUNE DEFICIENCY IMMUNE SYSTEM IMMUNODEFICIENCY INCOME-GENERATING ACTIVITIES INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR MIGRATION INTERNATIONAL WOMEN INTERVENTIONS JOB SECURITY JOURNALISTS LARGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE LEADERSHIP LEARNING LEGAL STATUS LEVELS OF EDUCATION LIMITED RESOURCES LITERACY MALARIA MASS COMMUNICATION MEDICAL ATTENTION MEDICAL CARE MEDICAL FACILITIES MEDICAL FACILITY MEDICAL SERVICES MEDICAL SUPPORT MIGRANT MIGRANT WORKERS MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS MINISTRY OF EDUCATION MORAL SUPPORT MOTHER MOTHER-TO-CHILD MOTHER-TO-CHILD TRANSMISSION NATIONAL EDUCATION NATIONAL POLICY NEW INFECTIONS NEWSLETTER NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS NUMBER OF PEOPLE NURSE NUTRITION NUTRITIONAL NEEDS OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS PANDEMIC PATIENT PATIENTS PEACE PHYSICAL EDUCATION PITY PLAGUE PNEUMONIA PREVALENCE PREVENTION EDUCATION PRIMARY ENROLLMENT PRIMARY HEALTH CARE PRIMARY SCHOOL PRIMARY SCHOOL LEVEL PRIMARY SCHOOLS PROGRESS QUALITY EDUCATION QUALITY OF EDUCATION RADIO READING RELIGIOUS GROUPS REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH RESEARCHERS RESPECT RURAL AREAS SAFETY SCHOOL CURRICULA SCHOOL CURRICULUM SCHOOL HEALTH SCHOOL SYSTEM SECONDARY EDUCATION SECONDARY SCHOOL SECONDARY SCHOOLS SEX SEX EDUCATION SEXUAL INTERCOURSE SEXUALITY SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS SIGHT SLEEP SOCIAL CONDITIONS SOCIAL IMPACT SOCIAL ISSUES SOCIAL SECURITY SOCIETY SPORTS SPOUSE SYMPTOMS TABOO TB TEACHER TRAINING TEACHERS TEACHING TECHNICAL SUPPORT THERAPY TOUCH TRADITIONAL MEDICINE TRAINING ACTIVITIES TRAUMA TREATMENT TROPICAL MEDICINE TV UNIONS UNIVERSAL ACCESS UNIVERSITY TRAINING VACCINE VICTIMS VOLUNTARY COUNSELLING WAR WOMAN WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION YOUNG PEOPLE YOUTH It is estimated that there are currently approximately 122,000 teachers in Sub-Saharan Africa who are living with HIV, the vast majority of whom have not sought testing and do not know their HIV status. Stigma remains the greatest challenge and the major barrier to accessing and providing assistance to these teachers. The idea to collect stories from teachers living with HIV was inspired during the Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA) biennial meeting in Libreville, Gabon, in March 2006. At the conclusion of the meeting, Margaret Wambete shared a moving account of her life as a teacher living with HIV in Kenya. Margaret's presentation alluded to the fact that teachers living positively, in part due to their leadership role and in part due to their visibility in society, experience a unique set of challenges related to their HIV-positive status. To emphasize the human dimension of these stories, the technical team worked with journalists rather than researchers. A seasoned journalist responsible for the education section of a major Kenyan newspaper led eight local journalists in documenting these stories. Working with teacher unions and networks of HIV-positive teachers in various countries, a number of HIV-positive teachers were identified as willing participants for this project. The journalists each interviewed teachers living with HIV from their home country and recorded their stories. Once collected, the stories were vetted for accuracy of interpretation and then reviewed more widely at the meeting of the African networks of ministry of education HIV&AIDS focal points in Nairobi in November 2007. From the interactions, the journalists learned that news conferences, reports, or press statements they rely on for information about HIV are not enough. Understanding the HIV challenge requires close association with those living with the HIV virus. These individuals have moving personal testimonies that cannot be captured through hard facts and figures. Only through close interaction can people living with HIV express their fears, needs, and aspirations. Personal testimonies from the teachers are a powerful tool for spreading the message on HIV. Facts and figures are important, but listening to those who have lived through the experiences telling their stories makes the message more potent. The lessons journalists learned from the exercise will surely help them and readers of this book in redefining their perception about HIV, especially in relation to professionals such as teachers. 2012-03-19T10:05:07Z 2012-03-19T10:05:07Z 2009 http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000333038_20100126222933 978-0-8213-7933-2 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/2700 English Education and HIV/AIDS CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank Publications & Research :: Publication Publications & Research :: Publication Africa |