<
 
 
 
 
×
>
You are viewing an archived web page, collected at the request of United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) using Archive-It. This page was captured on 21:45:51 Oct 07, 2020, and is part of the UNESCO collection. The information on this web page may be out of date. See All versions of this archived page.
Loading media information hide

menu login

Building peace in the minds of men and women

Literacy is the best remedy

It is enough to have finished primary school to multiply by five one's chance of being informed about HIV and AIDS. As for malaria, which takes a million lives annually, it is particularly deadly among illiterate populations. Literacy and good health are inseparable. This is the theme of International Literacy Day (8 September) and the 2008 UNESCO International Literacy Prizes,on which our latest issue focuses. The introduction is written by Henning Mankell, well-known Swedish author and AIDS activist. 

Discover this issue. Download the PDF. 

September 2008