Together for HIV and AIDS prevention

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managers and employees on HIV and AIDS. These should be undertaken in conjunction with
Section 4 What you need to know, Section 5 Sport and HIV and Annex 4 Condoms.
Section 7 Sports coaches, trainers and administrators
responding to HIV and AIDS covers the role of coaches and
trainers in educating players and sports leaders on HIV and
AIDS. A number of training programmes and resources are
highlighted.
While coaches, trainers and administrators are obviously
concerned about not only how to protect their players and sport
leaders and volunteers from becoming HIV-positive; they must
also protect themselves from HIV infection. Furthermore, while working to protect HIV-negative
people from infection, they must protect the rights of people living with HIV and AIDS. This means
fighting stigmatization of and discrimination against people infected and affected by HIV wherever it
occurs, be it in or out of the sports arena. All of these issues are dealt within the section.
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The activities for different age groups (ten to twelve,
thirteen to fifteen, and fifteen and over) are designed to provide
age appropriate knowledge and aim to help young people:
● acquire accurate information for themselves which they
can share with their families and friends;
● become more confident on issues of sexual health,
postponing sexual debut and negotiating safer sex;
● learn about drug use and the dangers involved;
● learn about resources in their own communities, i.e. people they can talk to if they need
information or help;
● explore issues of discrimination and prejudice and how these are linked to HIV and AIDS; and
● explore ways they can make a difference in the fight against HIV and AIDS.
(These activities should be undertaken in conjunction with Section 4 What you need to know,
Section 5 Sport and HIV and Annex 4 Condoms.)
A general HIV and AIDS Quiz to test basic knowledge about
HIV and AIDS is provided. This quiz can be taken by everyone
undertaking HIV and AIDS education – managers and
administrators, employees, coaches and trainers, and athletes.