Education and HIV/AIDS: Modeling the Impact of HIVIAIDS on Education Systems - A Training Manual

This manual was produced by the Ed-SIDA initiative. The Ed-SIDA initiative was developed by Ministry of Education staff from 9 West African countries, the World Bank, the Department for International Development UK, the International Institute for Educational Planning at UNESCO and the Partnership for Child Development, London. It was launched in November 2000 and aims at assisting countries respond to the impact of HIV/AIDS on their education systems.

This publication serves as a practical training manual for World Bank staff, Ministry of Education planners and other stakeholders who wish to use the Ed-SIDA model in a particular country to assist with educational planning in the face of HIV/AIDS. It also serves as an introduction to the epidemiology of HIV/AIDS, the impact it can have on the education sector, its scale and how this can be captured empirically by the Ed-SIDA model.

Topics included:

• Application of the ED-SIDA model - the Zambia example
• Implications of the ED-SIDA model
• Policy implications
• Estimating financial impact of HIV/AIDS in Zambia
• Estimating the economic impact of AIDS on education

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