Programme for HIV & AIDS education

The goal of this programme is to integrate HIV and AIDS education in a more effective way into official curricula, and to develop tools and carry out capacity-building to improve teaching materials and the introduction of HIV and AIDS education in schools. Specific objectives are:

• To document and to share in a proactive manner up-to-date good practices concerning HIV and AIDS education through a databank, an Internet site
  and other means and documents according to needs
• To build capacity of curriculum specialists and teacher training institutes so that HIV and AIDS education is better integrated and generalized throughout schools
• To launch or to continue policy dialogue among ministries of education and other stakeholders in the education system to bring about conditions
  for the effective implementation of HIV and AIDS education
• To expand the programme in a focused manner to Arabic, Portuguese and Russian speaking countries. More...

The IBE collect, assess and proactively disseminate curriculum materials and approaches for HIV & AIDS education at primary and secondary levels of formal education.
The IBE assist in the identification and promotion of good practices and contribute to capacity building for HIV & AIDS curriculum development.

• Dissemination, exchange and promotion of good practices of HIV & AIDS education
• Capacity building to integrate HIV & AIDS education in official curricula and programmes
• Policy dialogue for HIV & AIDS education

The IBE HIV & AIDS programme is directed primarily at professionals working in the area of curriculum development, implementation and evaluation of HIV & AIDS education, at national, regional and international levels. Other education specialists, especially teachers and researchers, will however also find information relevant to their practice.

IBE HIV & AIDS programme consist of three main products:

• The HIV & AIDS curriculum manual More...
• Capacity building workshops and seminars More...
• The Global Curriculum Bank for HIV & AIDS education More...

The Global Curriculum Bank for HIV & AIDS Education is an interactive resource that contains curriculum documents, teaching and learning materials, teaching aids, case studies of good practice, studies and research on curriculum development, implementation and evaluation.

The IBE HIV and AIDS programme is part of the UNESCO HIV & AIDS strategy. More...

• Section in Arabic

• Manual in Arabic

• CD-Rom Updated Version 3: Programme for HIV & AIDS education - Order (free)

• 3-12-07
  E-Health, version 2.1, CompuTainer and LearnScapes (2007, PDF 137 KB)

New data on male circumsision and HIV prevention ( 2007, PDF 2.28 MB)

Training for Life: Teacher Training on HIV & AIDS (2007, PDF 1.16 MB)

• 3-12-07
  Asian Harm Reduction Network (website)

HIVConnect (website)

P.O. Box 199
1211 Geneva 20
Switzerland
Fax: +41 22 917 78 01
email: ibeaids@ibe.unesco.org