Tag: Zambia
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JULY 9, 2012 | for HIV/AIDS
United States Peace Corps uses TeachAids to educate women in Zambia
HIV/AIDS in Zambia disproportionately affects women. There is significant mother to child transmission within the country, where ten percent of new HIV infections are in children under fourteen. Furthermore, among adults in their early twenties, the 2007 HIV prevalence rate among females (11.8%) was more than twice that of males (5.2%). The United States Peace Corps...
MARCH 1, 2011 | for HIV/AIDS
TeachAids and KnowledgeBeat join to reach rural Zambia
TeachAids has partnered with KnowledgeBeat in order to provide basic HIV/AIDS education to youth living in Zambia. With funding from President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) grant, KnowledgeBeat promotes preventive behaviors among children and adolescents to mitigate a national HIV prevalence of 17 percent. TeachAids animated tutorials are being used as part of KnowledgeBeat’s...
