In order to prevent HIV/AIDS, CDC(2012) stated
the following:
the following:
·
Preventive education
programmes should reach everyone-especially young people, among whom about half
of all new HIV infections are occurring. The best educational programmes seek
to empower women by providing them with information, skills and services that
help them protect themselves.
Preventive education
programmes should reach everyone-especially young people, among whom about half
of all new HIV infections are occurring. The best educational programmes seek
to empower women by providing them with information, skills and services that
help them protect themselves.
·
If HIV/AIDS preventive
education is to be effective, it must occur through all avenues of education
(formal and non-formal), through schools and through broader community channels
with strong political support. It should also match the various linguistic,
social and cultural realities of the groups being addressed.
If HIV/AIDS preventive
education is to be effective, it must occur through all avenues of education
(formal and non-formal), through schools and through broader community channels
with strong political support. It should also match the various linguistic,
social and cultural realities of the groups being addressed.
·
Since people have different
frames of reference, preventive information cannot be of a one-size-fits-all
variety. It has to be customized for different audiences. Surveys and
assessment studies that reveal the local dynamics of the epidemic and that
identify local attitudes and needs make it possible to tailor prevention
messages effectively.
Since people have different
frames of reference, preventive information cannot be of a one-size-fits-all
variety. It has to be customized for different audiences. Surveys and
assessment studies that reveal the local dynamics of the epidemic and that
identify local attitudes and needs make it possible to tailor prevention
messages effectively.
·
Information campaigns and
skill-building are important elements of preventive education. The scope of the
epidemic means that such campaigns should involve the public and private
sectors, as well as non-governmental organizations, on a scale unparalleled in
the history of communication.
Information campaigns and
skill-building are important elements of preventive education. The scope of the
epidemic means that such campaigns should involve the public and private
sectors, as well as non-governmental organizations, on a scale unparalleled in
the history of communication.
·
Preventive education
therefore has to include teachers and others working in education, as well as
their families.
Preventive education
therefore has to include teachers and others working in education, as well as
their families.
·
Preventive education must
take into account and help change engrained cultural habits that leave sections
of society (particularly women) more vulnerable to infection and less able to
cope with the effects of the disease. Misguided notions of masculinity, for example,
often deprive women and girls of control over their bodies.
Preventive education must
take into account and help change engrained cultural habits that leave sections
of society (particularly women) more vulnerable to infection and less able to
cope with the effects of the disease. Misguided notions of masculinity, for example,
often deprive women and girls of control over their bodies.
·
All educational programmes
must reach girls and women to equip them with the information and skills that
can help them protect themselves against HIV/AIDS.
All educational programmes
must reach girls and women to equip them with the information and skills that
can help them protect themselves against HIV/AIDS.
·
It is crucial that the protection
of human rights serves as the basis for education campaigns to stop the
exclusion of people living with HIV/AIDS and give them access to care.
It is crucial that the protection
of human rights serves as the basis for education campaigns to stop the
exclusion of people living with HIV/AIDS and give them access to care.
Reference
Centre for Diseases
Prevention and Control (CDC) (2012). Opportunistic
infections and Kaposi’s sarcoma among Haitians in the United States.
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. ,31
(26), 353–354.
Prevention and Control (CDC) (2012). Opportunistic
infections and Kaposi’s sarcoma among Haitians in the United States.
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. ,31
(26), 353–354.