[Assam] [UNESCO Education News] World AIDS Day (1 December 2005)

[umesh sharma]

India is soon be No. ONE in HIV cases (already 5 million out of a world total of 30 million HIV/AIDS victims are in India).  WHO does not believe India's claim that it has reduced in one year its HIV rate dropped from 500,000 new cases per year to only 28,000 new cases per year.

 

Any views?

 

Umesh

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	10 million children get a "Lesson for Life" on World AIDS Day 40.3 million people, including 2.3 million children, are living with HIV, and 3.1 million people died from AIDS-related disease last year. To mark World AIDS Day on 1 December, UNESCO and 60 countries are organizing simultaneous lessons about HIV and AIDS for 10 million 13- to 18-year-olds.     Press release More than 10 million children from Azerbaijan to Zambia receive a "Lesson for Life". World AIDS Day Message from the Director-General of UNESCO In his 2005 World AIDS Day message, UNESCO Director-General Koïchiro Matsuura stresses the importance of HIV and AIDS prevention education. EDUCAIDS - The Global Initiative on Education and HIV/AIDS EDUCAIDS is part of UNESCO's efforts to assist governments implement effective HIV and AIDS education programmes. UNESCO's response to HIV and AIDS A presentation of UNESCO's approach, priorities and actions in HIV and AIDS prevention and education. HIV and AIDS Prevention Education thematic week 28 November-3 December is dedicated to UNESCO's role in reducing the risks and the vulnerability linked to the HIV/AIDS pandemic.
	http://www.unesco.org/education

 

Umesh Sharma
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College Park, MD 20740

1-202-215-4328 [Cell Phone]

Ed.M. - International Education Policy
Harvard Graduate School of Education,
Harvard University,
Class of 2005

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