Which of the short-term and long-term results of HIV and AIDS

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Which of the short-term and long-term results of HIV and AIDS mainstreaming listed in
the table in this tool have been achieved in the country where you work? What other
outcomes, not already listed in the table, do you think need to be added?
Which of the priority actions identifi ed under each of the ten headings of the assessment
tool do you think are specifi c to countries with different adult HIV prevalence levels?
Find a copy of the PRSP or equivalent for the country where you work. To what extent
does this strategy take account of HIV and AIDS and of the specifi c role that education can
play in addressing HIV?
Was the Global Readiness Survey done in the country where you work? Who participated
and what follow-up was there to this exercise? Identify two or three ways in which possible
follow-up could be done to assess progress since then, and identify key outstanding
actions for HIV prevention and HIV & AIDS impact mitigation।
These are just a few questions that you may ask
yourself. You will probably think of many others. The
key issue is to realise that the planning cycle offers
many opportunities to begin to address HIV and AIDS
mainstreaming. There is no single activity that will
achieve this goal. Rather it is the integration of HIV
and AIDS into a combination of planning, budgeting,
implementing and monitoring activities that will ensure
that the education sector responds to HIV and AIDS
based on its comparative advantage.
Finally, it is also important to realise that there may
be spontaneous and unplanned opportunities
outside the planning cycle – part of the more ‘chaotic
world’ – which provide opportunities for focusing on
HIV & AIDS and SRHR. Examples include international
events (e.g. a conference on HIV and AIDS, or gender,
or child abuse), media reports, the appointment of
new cabinet ministers, discussion of new legislation in
parliament (for example, on discrimination, abortion,
or sexual violence). It is critical to keep an eye open
for such opportunities and to think creatively about
how these can be used to further the agenda.
S u g g e s t i o n s
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Your answers to the above exercise will be specifi c to
the situation and the country where you are working.
Here we provide some generic suggestions based on
fi ve types of entry points:
1) existing processes
2) existing partnerships
3) thematic issues
4) specifi c vulnerable populations
5) development platforms and policy
directives.
Within each category you will fi nd suggestions of
activities to mainstream HIV and AIDS.