[afro-nets] Curriculum on HIV/AIDS education in secondary schools (6)

[A. Odutola <chpss_abo2@yahoo.com>]

RFI: Curriculum on HIV/AIDS education in secondary schools (6)
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Dear All,

I am in agreement with Wyva Hasselblad that HIV/AIDS education
needs to be embedded in reproductive health education. Further-
more, I urge that HIV/AIDS and reproductive health education be
further embedded in community and social health (public health)
education.

A policy of HIV/AIDS education in secondary schools that is
grounded in a public health approach will better foster the de-
velopment of norms and values for community and self-oriented
survival and growth in adolescents within the context of learn-
ing, conduct and feelings than the stand-alone pedagogic teach-
ing of HIV/AIDS causation, prevention and care.


A. Odutola
Centre for Health Policy & Strategic Studies (CHPSS)
34 Town Planning Way, Ilupeju
P.O. Box 7597, Ikeja
Lagos, Nigeria
Tel: +234-1-470-1255
Fax: +234-1-263-5285
mailto:chpss_abo2@yahoo.com