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= Background to HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa = | = Background to HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa = | ||
Sub-Saharan Africa remains the region of the world most severely impacted upon by HIV/AIDS. In 2008, Sub-Saharan Africa reported | Sub-Saharan Africa remains the region of the world most severely impacted upon by HIV/AIDS. In 2008, Sub-Saharan Africa reported | ||
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== HIV/AIDS and Education == | == HIV/AIDS and Education == | ||
Education has proven to be vital in the fight against HIV/AIDS. Educated young people have decreased rates of infection, and better educated girls in particular, since rates of infection amongst teenage girls are five times higher than boys as presented in the previous section. Thus, HIV preventative education has become known as the ‘social vaccine’. Uganda is a good example of how HIV/AIDS related education in formal schooling, as well as community education programmes reduced prevalence rates from 18% in 1992 to 6% in 2002. Governments have introduced HIV-related educational programmes that include Lifeskills, Reproductive health programmes and other health interventions in schools. HIV/AIDS has had a big impact on pupils and teachers. Pupils have lost their parents to the disease and schools are facing the challenge of dealing with orphans and consequent high drop out rates amongst orphans who have lost one or both parent to the disease. Teachers have also been infected and are dying faster than they can be replaced. | Education has proven to be vital in the fight against HIV/AIDS. Educated young people have decreased rates of infection, and better educated girls in particular, since rates of infection amongst teenage girls are five times higher than boys as presented in the previous section. Thus, HIV preventative education has become known as the ‘social vaccine’. Uganda is a good example of how HIV/AIDS related education in formal schooling, as well as community education programmes reduced prevalence rates from 18% in 1992 to 6% in 2002. Governments have introduced HIV-related educational programmes that include Lifeskills, Reproductive health programmes and other health interventions in schools. HIV/AIDS has had a big impact on pupils and teachers. Pupils have lost their parents to the disease and schools are facing the challenge of dealing with orphans and consequent high drop out rates amongst orphans who have lost one or both parent to the disease. Teachers have also been infected and are dying faster than they can be replaced. | ||
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== Additional readings == | == Additional readings == | ||
{{file|AIDS_in_Africa.pdf|Click here to view 'AIDS in Africa: Three Scenarios for the Educational Sector'.}} | |||
{{file|UNAIDS_GlobalReport_2010.pdf|Click here to view 'Global Report. UNAIDS Report on the Global AIDS Epidemic / 2010'.}} | |||
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Click here for the full | Click here for the full {{file|UNAIDS_GlobalReport_2010.pdf|UNAIDS Report on the global AIDS epidemic 2010}} | ||
[[Image:icon_question.gif]] Test Your Knowledge Based on information from the previous page and also the table above, read the paragraph below and fill in the missing words. An estimated _____million adults and children were living with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa at the end of 2009. This was a decrease of ____ million people from 2001. In 2009, ____% of adults aged 15-49-years were HIV positive and _____million people died of AIDS related. Overall, The rate of new infections has gone down from ____million in 2001 to ____million in 2009. | [[Image:icon_question.gif]] Test Your Knowledge Based on information from the previous page and also the table above, read the paragraph below and fill in the missing words. An estimated _____million adults and children were living with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa at the end of 2009. This was a decrease of ____ million people from 2001. In 2009, ____% of adults aged 15-49-years were HIV positive and _____million people died of AIDS related. Overall, The rate of new infections has gone down from ____million in 2001 to ____million in 2009. | ||
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# Why do you think that more females than males are infected with HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa? | # Why do you think that more females than males are infected with HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa? | ||
# What do you think are the problems that the 14 million orphaned children in Sub-Saharan Africa face? | # What do you think are the problems that the 14 million orphaned children in Sub-Saharan Africa face? | ||
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== Reflection == | == Reflection == | ||
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# How often do you and your family, friends and colleagues at work discuss HIV/AIDS? Should you be the one who starts and/or supports these conversations? Do you feel that you have the facts right? | # How often do you and your family, friends and colleagues at work discuss HIV/AIDS? Should you be the one who starts and/or supports these conversations? Do you feel that you have the facts right? | ||
# What are the myths about HIV/AIDS in your locality? | # What are the myths about HIV/AIDS in your locality? | ||
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