By 2010, every student in Botswana's primary and secondary schools will be using the HHD-developed school health curricula and will be taught by a trained teacher.
In Botswana, a country with a high prevalence rate of HIV infection, the Ministry of Education is implementing an innovative approach to HIV and AIDS education through school health curricula and l
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EnCompass LLC
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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
To prevent HIV and AIDS, teachers in Botswana will soon use a new national curriculum that teaches students skills to help them make choices that will protect their heath.
The people of Botswana don’t give up easily, even when faced with one of the greatest challenges—the AIDS epidemic. Instead they rise up and, together, find new ways to counter this deadly disease.
Funding for this project came from the Global AIDS program of the U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention and the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). For more information, contact Scott Pulizzi at spulizzi@edc.org.
More than 10,000 students, teachers, and community members from 12 schools in rural South Africa are receiving health education and health services that include HIV information and screenings.
According to a recent evaluation, teachers in the 15 southern African countries, Guyana, and Haiti who were trained to use a skills-based HIV and AIDS prevention manual acknowledged that prior to the
HHD has partnered with the American Cancer Society and non-governmental organizations in Senegal, Ghana, Nigeria, South Africa, and Tanzania to strengthen cancer control efforts in each country, in
Through this program, 10,000 students, teachers, and community members from 12 schools in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa are receiving health education, health services, and computer education.
HHD has collaborated with Education International, the global federation of teachers unions, and the World Health Organization to fight HIV and AIDS and provide education for all children in this r
We have been working in Africa since 1995. Our initial efforts were aimed at responding to the HIV pandemic in southern Africa. Now, however, we have expanded our focus and reach.
