Education is an important component of preventing the spread of HIV. Even if education were completely successful, it would still have to be an ongoing process – each generation a new generation of people become adult and need to know how to protect themselves from infection.
Why should HIV be taught in schools?
Studies have shown that school-based HIV/AIDS education programs can effectively reduce youth risky behaviors including delaying initiation of sex, frequency of sex, number of new partners, incidence of unprotected sex, STIs and pregnancy rates; and increase the use of condoms and contraception among sexually active …
