Deadly inertia: cross-country study of educational responses to HIV/AIDS

Summary: This report charts the educational responses to HIV and AIDS in 18 countries across Asia, Africa and Latin America.

 

In 2004, education coalitions and HIV/AIDS coalitions came together to discuss their Ministry of Education’s responses, as well as their own. Although varied, certain conclusions resonate across all the countries:

- governments are turning a blind eye to the educational needs of orphans and HIV positive students

- insufficient action is being taken to prevent the potential impact of HIV/AIDS on teachers

- donor funding is being directed towards a series of stand-alone initiatives that enjoy little ownership by government

- too much government and donor money is being spent on poorly designed interventions that go unimplemented because the most basic foundations – resources, ownership, training, even basic data – have not been put in place first.

 

Owner: Tania Boler and Anne Jellemapdf: www.campaignforeducation.org/resources/Nov2005/DeadlyIntertia[1].pdf

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