Detail Africa: HIV and AIDS in higher education   Oleh:  Nzioka, Charles Jenis: Article from Bulletin/Magazine Dalam koleksi: IIEP Newsletter vol. 25 no. 01 (Jan. 2007), page 07. Topik: HIV; AIDS; Africa; Ketersediaan Perpustakaan PKPM Nomor Panggil: I52 Non-tandon: 1 (dapat dipinjam: 0) Tandon: tidak ada     Lihat Detail Induk Isi artikel Higher education institutions play a vital role in human resource development, but in Africa many have become high-risk environments for transmitting HIV. Through wellinformed scientifi c, medical and social research, these same institutions can actively mitigate the impact of the disease by changing behaviours among their own staff and students and by infl uencing public debate and political action. IIEP has recently undertaken case studies to examine the response of higher education institutions to HIV and AIDS in three East African countries: Ethiopia, Kenya and Uganda. A key observation is that universities and teacher training institutions are inadequately addressing HIV and AIDS because of a culture of denial and concealment. Internal systems to monitor the incidence and prevalence of HIV are lacking, but its spread is negatively affecting both faculty and students, as well as the functioning of the institutions themselves. Factors which have accelerated the spread of HIV in these institutions include reduced government subsidies and the introduction of student fees in the 1990s, as well as peer pressure, multiple sex partners, inadequate information on HIV and AIDS, drug abuse and diffi culties in accessing condoms. Opini Anda Klik untuk menuliskan opini Anda tentang koleksi ini! Kembali

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