Fact Sheet for Peer Educators (CHANGES2)

Republic of Zambia, Ministry of Education


The information in this Fact Sheet has been drawn from the following sources. Some of these have been modified to fit the Zambian context and the age group which this manual is intended for.

HIV/AIDS Peer Educators’ Manual, Comprehensive HIV/AIDS Management Programme (CHAMP). Zambia, 2003

UNAIDS 2004 Report on the Global AIDS Epidemic: http://www.unaids.org/bangkok2004/GAR2004_html/GAR2004_07_en.htm. 2004

Topics covered:

HIV and AIDS

  • HIV Transmission
  • Myths and Misconceptions about HIV and AIDS
  • Multiple Concurrent Partnerships
  • Intergenerational Sex

Gender and HIV

Confidentiality

Methods of HIV Prevention

Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission of HIV

  • Antenatal care
  • Labour and delivery

Antiretroviral Therapy (ART)

Voluntary Counselling and Testing

Opportunistic Infections

Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs)

  • Types of STIs