HIV- and AIDS-related specific content.


Essential topics

 > Transmission of HIV 

> Prevention of HIV: practicing safer sex, including condom use 

> Treatment of HIV 

Desirable topics 

> HIV-related stigma and discrimination 

> Sources of counselling and testing services; seeking counselling, treatment, care and support 

> Other HIV and AIDS-related specific content Source: Measuring the education sector response to HIV and AIDS—guidelines for the construction and use of core indicators. Paris: UNESCO; 2013. 

UNESCO has developed a set of “essential” and “desirable” topics of a life skills-based HIV and sexuality education programme. The essential topics are those that have the greatest direct impact on HIV prevention, while desirable topics are those that have an indirect impact on HIV prevention but are important as part of an overall sexuality education programme

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