Education and HIV/AIDS

Nalini Asha Biggs is a doctoral student in the Department of Education at St. Antony's College, University of Oxford, UK. She has extensive experience in Special Education in Southern California, USA, and specializes in the sociology of HIV/AIDS, health and sex education for people with disabilities in developing countries.

'This book provides useful examples of why HIV must be recognized as a social as well as a medical condition. It argues that the disability that HIV causes can be mitigated by education, and provides an eclectic set of "stories" to illustrate this.' David A. Ross, Professor of Epidemiology and International Public Health, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, UK

• Preface Colin Brock \ Introduction Nalini Asha Biggs \ Global Overview Nalini Asha Biggs \ 1. International Responses to HIV/AIDS and Education Christopher Castle and Mark Richmond \ 2. The Politics of President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) David Kovara \ 3. Health Promotion Though ABC Education: Agenda Setting and the Development of the ABC Strategy in Zambia Doreen Tembo \ 4. HIV/AIDS Education for HIV-Positive Women in India Priya Lall \ 5. The Education Sector Response to HIV and AIDS in the Caribbean David Clarke \ 6. HIV and the Internet: Sharing Treatment Information Fadhila Mazanderani and Jane Anderson \ HIV/AIDS Education in Turkey Tuncay Ergene and Kerim Munir \ Conclusion Nalini Asha Biggs \ Index