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Over the past two decades, many governments and organizations have renewed efforts to develop more effective school-based health and nutrition programmes in low income countries. In large part, this has resulted from the growing body of evidence linking children’s health and education; and the impact of school health and nutrition (SHN) programmes on improving these outcomes and contributing to Education for All (EFA) and the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). …
Divided into six panels, the Inter-Agency Working Group on Life Skills in EFA considered some of the central issues within a life skills approach to education and proposed a synthesis of underlying principles and guidelines for planning life skills-based education, as well as, implementation and assessment. The first panel outlined the theoretical and practical foundations for the concept of life skills education within the larger context of EFA and sustainable human development. …
Advances in antiretroviral therapy (ART) and improved health services mean that increasing numbers of children infected with HIV perinatally will survive into adulthood. …
This report focuses on the experiences of Save the Children in monitoring, implementing and reviewing NPAs in Angola, Ethiopia, South Africa, Swaziland, Mozambique, Uganda and Zimbabwe. Each of the country offices commissioned the documentation of case studies to identify promising practices and challenges around effective implementation of NPAs. This report consolidates these case studies and aims to draw lessons learnt from the various efforts undertaken by the country offices. …
In a first of its kind meeting, representatives of government health and mapping agencies from throughout Africa met and committed to working jointly to combat HIV/AIDS as part of the CODIST I pre-conference workshop. The workshop, Enlisting National Mapping Agencies in the Fight against HIV/AIDS: Building Partnerships with Ministries of Health and Social Services, and National AIDS Commissions, which was held April 27, 2009, at the United Nations Conference Center in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, was organized by MEASURE Evaluation with support from the U.S. …
In collaboration with UNESCO, the Human and Social Development Department (OSHD) from the African Development Bank (ADB) has organized a workshop for ADB staff on HIV and AIDS Mainstreaming in the Education Sector. The workshop aimed to build participants' knowledge and skills related to HIV mainstreaming in the education. …
Under the banner of South-South cooperation and in line with UNESCO's EDUCAIDS Framework, UNESCO Regional Bureau for Education in Africa (BREDA) and UNESCO Brasilia have been working together to provide technical support to the five Portuguese-speaking countries (PALOP) for the development of a strong education sector response to HIV and AIDS. …
La materia prima de este manual son los resultados del taller regional Desafíos en el Trabajo de Prevención para Hombres Gay y otros Hombres que tienen Sexo con Hombres, que se realizó en la Ciudad de Guatemala a finales de 2003; y el esfuerzo, creatividad, experiencia y voluntad de los 35 participantes, provenientes de 15 países de América Latina. Este documento sistematiza las experiencias allí compartidas. …
This paper's main aim is to synthesize recent existing evidence and outline the key messages that will improve understanding of the situation of children affected by HIV and AIDS. It is intended to stimulate a wider dialogue among policymakers, practitioners, researchers and donors.
An all day meeting of the Ministries of Education Focal Points (FPs) for HIV/AIDS was conducted in Abuja Nigeria on Wednesday the 7th of 2005. The main objectives of the meeting were: i) to provide an opportunity for the Focal Points to start building a team, ii) exchange information on how their countries are responding to the impact of HIV/AIDS on their countries' education sector; and iii) to develop the network's vision, mission and 2006 work plan.
The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), in collaboration with the Population Council, convened a three-day workshop that took place 1-3 May 2002 at the Population Council's headquarters in New York. The workshop provided an opportunity to review research and programs in the area of adolescent reproductive health and development (the first generation) and to think critically about key lessons learned from this work as we move forward into the "second generation" of work with this important population. This report summarizes the presentations and discussions from that workshop. …
Multisectoral responses to mobile populations' HIV vulnerability: examples from People's Republic of China, Thailand and Viet Nam
The publication includes a synthesis and the summarized presentations given at the Regional Consultation on Strengthening the Provision of Adolescent-Friendly Health Services in Africa which was held in Harare, Zimbabwe on 17-21 October 2000.
Report of the Internal Seminar, October 31 - November 10, 2000, Kathmandu, Nepal
This document summarises the discussions and ideas generated during a meeting hosted by IIEP in co-operation with UNDP and UNICEF in Paris, on 27-29 September 2000. It does not attempt to summarise the agreements reached or document the discussions themselves, rather it delves into the underlying problem of impact; the erosion of the education sector to fulfill its core responsibilities against the epidemic. Improved data collection must be put in place to better analyse what is happening. …
