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Zambian orphans near Kitwe.
Zambian orphans near Kitwe.
 
 
 


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Education and AIDS: a window of hope

This is the title of a study by the World Bank. It starts with the words 'the central message of this paper is that the education of children and youth merits the highest priority in a world afflicted by HIV/AIDS ... because a good basic education itself ranks among the most effective - and cost-effective - means of HIV prevention ... Education offers a window of hope unlike any other for escaping the grip of HIV/AIDS'. The paper goes on to stress the importance of health education within the school system and the need for more teachers, citing Zambia in particular where about 1000 teachers - or about half of those trained annually - are dying of AIDS each year. We agree wholeheartedly. Hence our strategy of education, health education and teacher training. The sums of money required are small by any international standard but are vital in Zambia's parlous economic state.

(Education and AIDS: a window of hope - ISBN: 0821351176, April 2002)

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Pupils are drawing flame trees for Cecily's Fund postcards in a classroom at Bwafwano Community School near Lusaka.School scene Pupils are drawing flame trees for Cecily's Fund postcards in a classroom at Bwafwano Community School near Lusaka.
 
 
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