Welcome to HEAIDS
The Higher Education HIV/AIDS Programme (HEAIDS) is a nationally co-ordinated initiative to develop and strengthen the capacity of South Africa's higher education sector to respond comprehensively to the challenges posed by the HIV/AIDS pandemic and to play a leadership role in the South African HIV/AIDS response. [Read More]
HIV prevalence and Related factors Higher Education Sector Study  
This HIV prevalence and knowledge, attitude, behaviour and practice (KABP) study in the tertiary education sector of South Africa is one component of the Higher Education HIV and AIDS (HEAIDS) programme (Phase 2). Click here to download the full report.
HIV and AIDS in Teacher Education
The HIV and Teacher Education Pilot Project was initiated under HEAIDS Phase 2 and was premised on the critical importance of the capacity of the education and training system to deal with the challenges posed by teaching and learning in an HIV/AIDS affected and infected society. Click here to download the full report.
Creating space for HIV and AIDS in the curriculum
At the centre of much of the work in combating HIV and AIDS must surely be the recognition that universities themselves, have a key role to play. Such leadership might include research itself along with community outreach, it can include attention to what might be described as ‘student life’ in the university context (particularly in relation to the extra-curricular lives of students), and it can pertain to teaching. Click here to download the full report.
Being a teacher in the context of the HIV and AIDS pandemic
The idea for Curriculum-in-the-Making comes out of an appreciation of the complexities associated with teaching in the area of HIV/AIDS, the fact that one set of learning materials cannot fully address these complexities, and the fact that it is neither desirable nor possible to envision a set of ‘teacher proof’ materials. Click here to download the full report.
A Guide to Implementing a HIV and AIDS Workplace Programme
The HIV and AIDS Workplace Programme Implementation Guide provides a “support tool” to assist institutions in developing/enhancing their HIV and AIDS workplace programmes.Click here to download.
Framework for HIV and AIDS Workplace Programmes
The HIV and AIDS pandemic is the worst health crisis in recorded history. It has clearly moved beyond being primarily a health and psycho-social issue, to an economic and developmental crisis. Click here to download. |
