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Title: | Higher Education HIV and AIDS gendered interventions among residential students in Zimbabwe |
Authors: | David, D. Chakuchichi |
Keywords: | Higher education, HIV/AIDS, gendered interventions |
Issue Date: | Aug-2013 |
Publisher: | ST. MARY'S UNIVERSITY |
Abstract: | The purpose of the study was to establish the gendered interventions used by Higher Education
Sector in Zimbabwe to reduce and eliminate the impact of HIV and AIDS among its semiconfined
population. The study sought to find out how the Higher Education Sector collaborated
with national agencies in managing the impact of HIV and AIDS among college inmates. The
study used telephone and in-depth interviews of HIV and AIDS focal persons in the various
Higher Education institutions. The participants were Student Affairs practitioners in Higher
Education Institutions in Zimbabwe. The study found out that while the Higher Education
Institutions manifest national awareness of HIV & AIDS preventive, co-ordination and
management measures, there were no concrete interventions to mitigate the impact. Of
significance was the fact that HIV and AIDS management was not mainstreamed in the
management and administrative structures and functions of the respective institutions nor was it
purposefully mainstreamed in university college curriculum? Thus HIV and AIDS issues
remained at information dissemination level only. The study recommends that HIV and AIDS
issues be gender sensitive and integrated in the management and curriculum of all institutions
for sustainable gendered interventions on the impact of the HIV and AIDS pandemic on the
higher education sector. |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/2276 |
Appears in Collections: | Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Private Higher Education in Africa
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