Key Thematic IssuesHIV and AIDS
Reaching Out-Of-School Youth with Reproductive Health and HIV/AIDS Lifeskills
African Youth Alliance - 2005 Characteristics of Successful Health Education Programmes to Prevent HIV/AIDS
This is a report on the African Youth Alliance (AYA) project, which was launched in 2000 to improve the sexual and reproductive health of out-of-school young people in Botswana, Ghana, Tanzania, and Uganda. This resource targets NGOs, UN agencies, Ministries of Youth, and CBOs and focuses on case studies, challenges, lessons learned, and information on youth involvement in reproductive health and HIV/AIDS issues.
FRESH Tools for Effective School Health, UNESCO - 2004 IASC Guidelines for Addressing HIV in Humanitarian Settings
This tool identifies the characteristics of successful HIV/AIDS prevention education programmes. These include the provision of accurate information; addressing social influences on sexual behaviors; and age-appropriateness, targeting students in different age groups and at different stages of development.
IASC - 2009
These Guidelines target authorities, personnel and organisations operating in emergency settings at international, national and local levels. The Guidelines seek to enable governments and cooperating agencies (such as UN Agencies and NGOs) to deliver the minimum required multi-sectoral response to HIV/AIDS during the early phase of emergency situations. Page 13 lists an action framework for the education sector and an education action sheet begins on p. 49. French
Guidance on HIV in education in emergencies
IASC Directives sur les interventions relatives au VIH dans les situations humanitaires
UNAIDS IATT on Education - 2010 HIV Prevention Education
The purpose of this tool is to provide guidance to education project officers and cluster staff assisting local education authorities working to mainstream issues related to HIV and sexual and reproductive health (SRH). It suggests ways in which education in emergencies can contribute to: 1) reducing the number of new HIV infections; and 2) mitigating the impact of HIV and AIDS for those infected with and affected by the virus.
UNESCO IIEP - 2010
This chapter presents a series of strategies and guidance notes for implementing HIV/AIDS Preventive Education (pp. 59-70) and also contains advice on the activities and methods used for teaching about HIV/AIDS (p. 76) as well as a chart examining where to place life-skills-based education (including HIV/AIDS) within the curriculum and articulating the advantages and disadvantages of each approach (pp. 76-78). Extracted from UNESCO IIEP's Guidebook for Planning Education in Emergencies and Reconstruction.