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By the end of 2002, 42 million people were living with HIV/AIDS, including almost 12 million young people between the ages of 15 and 24, and more than 3 million children under the age of 15.
In 2002 alone, AIDS killed more than 2.5 million adults and 610,000 children. HIV/AIDS “chooses” paths of ignorance and silence to spread virulently. It is transmitted most easily among the excluded, those with little education or restricted access to information, and those who live in precarious conditions.

Universal primary education (UPE) could save at least 7 million young people from contracting HIV over a decade. New analysis by the Global Campaign for Education suggests that if all children received a complete primary education, the economic impact of HIV/AIDS could be greatly reduced and around 700,000 cases of HIV in young adults could be prevented each year. Recognising the damaging impact of HIV/AIDS on education systems and realising the important role education plays in combating HIV/AIDS, UNESCO gives special attention to this issue by integrating HIV/AIDS preventive education activities.
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Joint Programme for the Promotion of Basic Education for All Malagasy Children in Madagascar
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