Circling 'The Scourge'. Bess Keller.
by Keller, Bess; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2006Article 11Institutions. Publisher: Education Week, 2005ISSN: 1522-3256;.Subject(s): AIDS (Disease) -- Africa | AIDS (Disease) and children | AIDS (Disease) counseling | AIDS (Disease) -- education | American Federation of Teachers | Education -- Africa | Kenya -- Social conditions | Public health -- Africa | Sex customsDDC classification: 050 Summary: "Seventy percent of those infected with HIV worldwide live in sub-Saharan Africa, where the disease has been spread mostly by sex between men and women....In Kenya alone, where the infection rate is estimated to have reached 13 percent of the population, 27,000 teachers will die and more than 2 million children will lose one or both parents to AIDS in the next five years." (EDUCATION WEEK) This article describes a partnership between the Kenya National Union of Teachers and the American Federation of Teachers and explains the "study circle" project they have developed to help "teachers learn together about HIV, script new sexual behaviors for themselves, and figure how better to care for those infected or affected by the disease."| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: Circling 'The Scourge', March 16, 2005; pp. 30-35.
"Seventy percent of those infected with HIV worldwide live in sub-Saharan Africa, where the disease has been spread mostly by sex between men and women....In Kenya alone, where the infection rate is estimated to have reached 13 percent of the population, 27,000 teachers will die and more than 2 million children will lose one or both parents to AIDS in the next five years." (EDUCATION WEEK) This article describes a partnership between the Kenya National Union of Teachers and the American Federation of Teachers and explains the "study circle" project they have developed to help "teachers learn together about HIV, script new sexual behaviors for themselves, and figure how better to care for those infected or affected by the disease."
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