national level and to ensure that HIV

EFAIDS:

This page provides an overview, as well as detailed
information on EFAIDS, an initiative of Education
International (EI) and its partners EDC and WHO.
EFAIDS aims to involve teachers’ unions in advocating
for EFA at national level and to ensure that HIV
prevention becomes an integral part of country-level
planning and of implementation at school level. EFAIDS
has developed a variety of training materials for teacher
training on HIV and AIDS and for teachers to use with
their students, which can be found on this site.
HIV/AIDS Impact on Education Clearinghouse:
http://hivaidsclearinghouse.unesco.org
The Clearinghouse, supported by UNESCO’s
International Institute for Educational Planning (IIEP)
provides a platform for sharing knowledge and
information specifi cally focusing on HIV & AIDS and
education. It aims to promote dissemination, sharing
and learning from research among education staff
and other professionals working in this area.

The Mobile Task Team (MTT) was based in the
University of KwaZulu Natal’s HIV/AIDS and Economic
Research Division (HEARD) from 2000 to 2006 and
was designed to help empower African ministries of
education and their development partners to develop
sector-wide HIV and AIDS policy and prioritised
implementation plans to systemically manage and
mitigate the impact of HIV and AIDS. It was comprised
of over twenty professionals located across southern
Africa with expertise and experience in HIV and AIDS,
education, policy development, system management,
research, statistics, management information systems,
modelling, health, economics, programme design,
monitoring and evaluation. The MTT provided countrylevel
support, regional networks and advanced training.
Although it is no longer operational (see EduSector
AIDS Response Trust above), its website continues to
provide a wealth or resources and documentation on
the above processes.
The UNAIDS IATT on Education:
http://www.unesco.org/aids/iatt
The UNAIDS IATT on Education was created in 2002
to support accelerated and improved education sector
responses to HIV and AIDS. It aims at promoting and
supporting good practices in the education sector
related to HIV and AIDS and encouraging alignment
and harmonisation within and across agencies to
support global and country level actions. The IATT
membership includes the UNAIDS Cosponsoring
agencies, bilateral agencies and private donors, and
civil society. The IATT secretariat is based at UNESCO
and can provide advice and support in policy and
implementation of HIV and AIDS and educationrelated
initiatives.
UNESCO:
http://www.unesco.org/aids
As the lead agency in the UNAIDS technical support
division of labour for HIV prevention with young
people in educational institutions, UNESCO promotes
comprehensive, scaled-up education sector responses
to HIV and AIDS through its leadership of EDUCAIDS, the
UNAIDS Global Initiative on Education and HIV & AIDS,
and the coordination of the UNAIDS IATT on Education
(see above). UNESCO’s efforts focus on advocacy
and support for evidence-informed policies and
practices, policy and programmatic guidance, technical
support and capacity enhancement, coordination
and harmonization, and monitoring, assessing and
evaluating progress.