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...
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| Language: | English en_US |
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Washington, DC : World Bank
2012
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/01/9016635/strengthening-education-sector-response-hivaids-caribbean http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6369 |
| Summary: | 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. |
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