Author: World Bank

Publisher: The World Bank

Keywords: Early Childhood Development, CARICOM, HIV&AIDS, Latin America and the Caribbean, Education for All, School Health, UNESCO, Education, School Nutrition, Health, Nutrition, and Population

Abstract:
The Caribbean Region is second only to Africa in the impact of HIV&AIDS. The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has responded to this challenge by promoting a multisectoral response to the epidemic. UNESCO has provided regional leadership in strengthening the education sector component of this response. In 2005, UNESCO launched, with CARICOM and the World Bank, a regioinal dialogue involving representatives of Ministries of Education, national HIV&AIDS coordinating councils, development partners, and regional institutions providing leadership in the HIV response, which led tot he development and endorsement of a regional Proposal for Action: Accelerating the Education Sector Response to HIV&AIDS in the Caribbean Region.

Subjects: Health, Nutrition, and Population