Free school uniforms reduce risk of HIV.A survey of 70,000 students in 328 schools over three years by the UK-based NGO NGO abbr. nongovernmental organization Noun 1. NGO - an organization that is not part of the local or state or federal government nongovernmental organization Partnership for Child Development said the "simple" provision of free school uniforms to girls reduced the risks associated with them relying on "sugar daddies", older men who often support girls and their families in exchange for sex. Researchers found that when girls from poverty-stricken families were given free school uniforms instead of having to pay US$6 for them - the main economic barrier to education in Kenya Education in Kenya has been based on an 8-4-4 system since the late 1980s, with eight years of primary education followed by four years of secondary school and four years of college or university. - they were 65 percent less likely to drop out of school and become pregnant. "That's an important finding, and we can absolutely take it on to refine our programmes for girls," Warren Buckingham, the Kenya coordinator for the US President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief The President's Emergency Plan For AIDS Relief (PEPFAR/Emergency Plan) is a commitment of $15 billion over five years (2003–2008) from United States President George W. Bush to fight the global HIV/AIDS pandemic. , told the New York Times. Teenage Kenyan girls are seven times more likely to be HIV-positive than boys of the same age. Source: IRIN IRIN Integrated Regional Information Networks (humanitarian news agency covering sub-Saharan Africa) IRIN Investor Relations Information Network IRIN Insurance Regulatory Information Network , August 2006 |
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