Economic impact of HIV and antiretroviral therapy on education supply in high prevalence regions.

ABSTRACT:

Background

We set out to estimate, for the three geographical regions with the highest HIV prevalence, (sub-Saharan Africa [SSA], the Caribbean and the Greater Mekong sub-region of East Asia), the human resource and economic impact of HIV on the supply of education from 2008 to 2015, the target date for the achievement of Education For All (EFA), contrasting the continuation of access to care, support and Antiretroviral therapy (ART) to the scenario of universal access.

Methodology/principal findings

A costed mathematical model of the impact of HIV and ART on teacher recruitment, mortality and absenteeism (Ed-SIDA) was run using best available data for 58 countries, and results aggregated by region. It was estimated that (1) The impact of HIV on teacher supply is sufficient

SUBMITTER: Risley CL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3500246 | biostudies-literature | 2012

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature