New publications - HIV/AIDS Treatment Education

UNESCO is pleased to announce the release of two new publications on HIV and AIDS Treatment Education:

1. HIV and AIDS Treatment Education: A Critical Component of Efforts to Ensure Universal Access to Prevention, Treatment and Care (2006) published by the UNAIDS IATT on Education. This publication weighs that the education sector can play a role along with others engaged in efforts to achieve Universal Access. It considers some key strategies, including how to effectively engage and prepare communities and how to involve key constituencies, in particular people with HIV and those on treatment. It also signals ways that the education sector can play a role along with others engaged in efforts to achieve Universal Access to treatment, prevention, care and support. It considers some key strategies, including how to effectively engage and prepare communities and how to involve key constituencies, in particular people with HIV and those on treatment.

2. HIV and AIDS Treatment Education, Technical Consultation Report, 22-23 November 2005 (2006).This document summarises the key points and recommendations that emerged over the course of the two-day event co-organised by UNESCO and WHO within the framework of scaling-up HIV treatment and preparedness efforts in support of Universal Access. The meeting brought together technical practitioners with experience in HIV and AIDS treatment education from Government agencies, international and local NGOs, UN agencies, and networks of people living with HIV. Presenters provided insight into programme experience and lessons learned from activities in settings as diverse as: Belarus, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Estonia, India, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Lithuania, Moldova, Nepal, Poland, Russia, South Africa, Swaziland, Thailand, Ukraine, Uganda, Uzbekistan, and Zambia.

Both publications highlight and elaborate on the link between prevention and treatment, re-examine the harmful effects of stigma and discrimination, and explore how these factors impede progress in prevention and expanding treatment access. They put forth recommendations for actions in bridging the gap between communities and the health and education sectors.

You can download electronic copies from:

• HIV and AIDS Treatment Education: A Critical Component of Efforts to Ensure Universal Access to Prevention, Treatment and Care: http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0014/001461/146114e.pdf
• HIV and AIDS Treatment Education, Technical Consultation - Report, 22-23 November 2005: http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0014/001461/146120e.pdf


The publications are currently only available in English. French and Spanish versions of "HIV and AIDS Treatment Education: A Critical Component of Efforts to Ensure Universal Access to Prevention, Treatment and Care" will be available later this year.

For more information on UNESCO's HIV- and AIDS-related work, please visit our website at: www.unesco.org/aids

For more information on the work of the UNAIDS IATT on Education, please visit: www.unesco.org/aids/iatt