Document 3201
 DOCN  M94A3201
 TI    The impact of HIV/AIDS on the education system.
 DT    9412
 AU    Shaeffer S; UNICEF, Bangkok, Thailand.
 SO    Int Conf AIDS. 1994 Aug 7-12;10(1):13 (abstract no. 027D). Unique
       Identifier : AIDSLINE ICA10/94369374
 AB    OBJECTIVE: To identify ways in which HIV/AIDS is having, and will
       continue to have, an impact: (1) on the demand, supply, and quality of
       education; and (2) on education systems' objectives and functions, on
       what they teach, and on the nature of their planning, financing, and
       management processes. METHODS: An extensive review of literature and
       experience and consultations with donor agencies and educational
       planners. RESULTS: There is increasing evidence that in many countries
       of the world HIV and AIDS are beginning to have an impact on education
       as a system and as a sector of development. In some countries, the
       impact is serious, with evident declines in educational demand, supply,
       and quality. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS: Planners will need to collect
       the data required to help them predict changes in both educational and
       labor force demand and supply related to HIV/AIDS and to make timely
       responses to often quite unanticipated changes in education. They will
       also need to develop policies regarding issues related to sex education,
       job discrimination and social stigma, and human rights violations. How
       education systems respond to this kind of situation will be an important
       determinant in how seriously affected societies recover from the impact
       of HIV and AIDS on their economic, social, and political development.
 DE    *Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/PREVENTION & CONTROL
       Education/*MANPOWER  Human  *HIV Infections/PREVENTION & CONTROL  Public
       Policy  Sex Education  Social Planning  Teaching/MANPOWER  Thailand
       MEETING ABSTRACT

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