By 2010, every student in Botswana's primary and secondary schools will be using the HHD-developed school health curricula and will be taught by a trained teacher.
Educators in the Caribbean are developing new ways to respond to the HIV/AIDS crisis and reduce stigma by doing more to involve those who live with HIV and AIDS.
Educators are joining with health professionals to respond to the AIDS pandemic in the Caribbean—the leading cause of death among young people ages 15-29.
Positive Partnerships grew out of EDC’s work with the Caribbean Education Sector HIV and AIDS Coordinator Network (EduCan), which brings together HIV and AIDS coordinators from Caribbean education ministries to create a policy-level response to the region’s HIV/AIDS crisis. It is funded by UNESCO. For more information contact ahusbands@edc.org
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To achieve more meaningful involvement of people living with or affected by HIV and AIDS, and reduce stigma and discrimination against them, this toolkit helps maximize the skills of persons workin
Young people in many countries are affected by HIV and AIDS in their families, schools, and communities, so they need to acquire skills to prevent HIV infection and to cope with all aspects of HIV and
When she began to learn about the HIV/AIDS pandemic in the Caribbean, Husbands decided the time had come to roll up her sleeves and bring some of the experience she had gained in the U.S.
Born in Barbados, Arlene Husbands moved to Brooklyn with her family while she was in high school in 1976.
Keep It Up is a new intervention to reduce HIV/AIDS and other chronic illnesses in young, urban African American men. A recent pilot study yielded positive results.
Today, New York City, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Miami, Washington, DC, and Detroit are the epicenters of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the U.S.
This project was funded by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC). Medgar Evers College was a key partner. For more information contact Deborah McLean Leow at dmclean@edc.org.
Lydia O'Donnell, Beverly Bonaparte, Heather Joseph, Gail Agronick, Deborah McLean Leow, Athi Myint-U, Ann Stueve . AIDS Education and Prevention, August 2009, Vol. 21, 4, p. 299-313.
This article addresses the challenge of developing HIV prevention interventions that not only prove to be efficacious but also are designed from the outset to overcome obstacles to reaching priority p
