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Wednesday, January 4, 2006 - 02:00
Categories: 
Health & HIV/AIDS [2]
Issue Number: 
236 [3]
Article-Summary: 

London's Guardian on Tuesday examined the effects of HIV/AIDS on teachers in South Africa and how teachers' unions and other organizations in the country are leading a movement to implement education and prevention programs in schools to fight the epidemic. Four South African teachers' unions joined U.S. and South African partners in October to launch a two-year pilot project that aims to combine peer education, HIV testing and antiretroviral treatment for teachers in three provinces in the c...read more [4]

London's Guardian on Tuesday examined the effects of HIV/AIDS on teachers in South Africa and how teachers' unions and other organizations in the country are leading a movement to implement education and prevention programs in schools to fight the epidemic. Four South African teachers' unions joined U.S. and South African partners in October to launch a two-year pilot project that aims to combine peer education, HIV testing and antiretroviral treatment for teachers in three provinces in the country.

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Food & Health [5]
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http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category.php/hivaids/31054 [6]
Country: 
South Africa [7]

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