The HIV/AIDS pandemic has become a human, social and economic disaster, with far-reaching implications for individuals, communities and countries. Each year there4 are more and more new HIV infections, which shows that people either aren’t learning the message about the dangers of HIV, or are unable or unwilling to act on it. Education has a key role to play both in preventing HIV/AIDS and in mitigating its effects on individuals, families, communities and society. This book is about the use of education’s life sustaining power to fight against HIV/AIDS pandemic. It shows the centrality of education to HIV prevention, and its use in reducing both the risk of HIV infection and people’s vulnerability to HIV. It also points out the impact that AIDS is having on education system and the remedies that need to be put in place to relieve that impact. The current strategies and trends impact. The current strategies and trends in HIV/ AIDS education for particular populations, including children, adults, women and adolescents are also discussed in detail. This work is designed for4 everyone concerned with the epidemic, including teachers, education administrators, school Children, Young people out of school, adult learners, community leaders and policy makers in both education and AIDS.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR R C Mishra
Dr. R.C. Mishra completed his B.Sc. with a first division and M.Sc. (Botany) also with a first division from Univerwsity of Allahabad and was placed n the merit llist. He was then enrolled for a Ph.D., did research on Environmental Science, and received U.G.C. fellowship for research. He completed his Ph.D. on the topic "Ecological Observation on Degraded Land with special Reference to Silica Sand Mining and Sand Stone Quarrying " Its Effects on Environment, at the University of Allahabad in 1992. He was selected for the prestigious I.P.S. in 1989 and was also selected in the U.P. PCS in the same year. He has attended various seminars and symposia on different aspects of crime; narcotics administration; human rights, etc. He has also participated in different programmes such as group discussion, talks and interviews on A.I.R. at Rohtak and Delhi. Apart from contributing papers and articles to various journals and magazines, he has successfully translated all the three volumes of Punjab Police Rules in Hindi. He has also written a number of summaries and abstracts for the Police Training College. His book, Cyber Crime: Impacts in the New Millennium, was introduced by the Home Ministry as the cops manual. Currently, Dr. Mishra is posted as Principal and Deputy Director of Police Training College, Madhuban, Karnal. He is also the recipient of the Human Rights Millennium Award presented by the International Association of Educators for World Peace.
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