Description: Examines the relationship HIV/AIDS has with education in different international contexts, from Sub-Saharan Africa, Southeast Asia, Eastern Europe, the USA, UK, and the Caribbean.
Brief description: Colin Brock was Honorary Professor of Education at the University of Durham, UK, and Visiting Professor of Geography at the University of Loughborough, UK. He was also UNESCO Chair of Education as a Humanitarian Response at the University of Oxford, UK.
Review Quotes: "Specialists in health education argue that education is a necessary humanitarian response to the epidemic of HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases, and describe the experience of providing such education in various regions of the world. After a global overview, they cover international responses to HIV/AIDS and education, the politics of US president Bush's emergency plan for AIDS relief, agenda setting and the development of ABC strategy in Zambia, HIV-AIDS education for HIV-positive women in India, the education sector response in the Caribbean, HIV and the Internet sharing of treatment information, and HIV/AIDS education in Turkey" --Book News