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Record Nr.

UNINA9910455038803321

Autore

Bundy Donald A. P

Titolo

Courage and hope [[electronic resource] ] : stories from teachers living with HIV in Sub-Saharan Africa / / by Donald Bundy, David Aduda, Alice Woolnough

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, DC, : World Bank, 2009

ISBN

1-282-25976-8

9786612259760

0-8213-7979-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (108 p.)

Collana

Education and HIV/AIDS Courage and hope

Altri autori (Persone)

AdudaDavid

WoolnoughAlice

Disciplina

362.196/979200967

Soggetti

HIV-positive persons - Africa, Sub-Saharan - Social conditions

Teachers - Africa, Sub-Saharan - Social conditions

Teachers - Health and hygiene - Africa, Sub-Saharan

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; About the Book; Story Summaries; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Part One; Setting the Scene; What the Scribes Saw, Heard, and Scribbled; Part Two; The Teachers' Experiences; Part Three; What Can We Learn from the Teachers' Voices?; How Can the Teachers' Voices Inform Future Action?; Courage and Hope: The Documentary; References

Sommario/riassunto

Courage and Hope gives voice to the real life experiences of 12 HIV-positive teachers, five of whom are women, from Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Ghana, Kenya, Mozambique, Rwanda, Senegal, Tanzania (both Mainland and Zanzibar) and Zambia. The teachers recount their experiences of discovering their HIV-positive status and how this has affected them in their families, their communities, and their professional lives. Their stories are documented by journalists, emphasizing the human dimension. The voices of these teachers suggest that a number of obstacles are commonly faced by teachers living with HIV