This strategy, developed with input from the UNAIDS Inter-Agency Working Group on HIV/AIDS, Schools and Education, identifies key priorities for a scaled up response to the epidemic on the part of schools and the education system more generally. It has been written with key policy makers in mind, both those in Ministries of Education and in development organizations, and those working in related fields. Much of the strategy is directed at the formal educational system, as the fundamental institutional foundation for HIV/AIDS prevention education on a large scale. But any effort to look at the reciprocal relationship between HIV/AIDS and education must go beyond the formal educational system to embrace the community and informal sectors. Both because many of those most at risk are not in formal education, and because the epidemic impacts upon the ability of educational institutions to deliver, it is essential to expand educational opportunities to a wider range of offerings.
