Uganda/Zambia: Keeping schools HIV/AIDS free

The heads of the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and World Vision have joined forces to urge a massive increase in donor funds for school feeding - a largely untapped yet effective way to attract children to school and stem HIV/AIDS infections among the young. There is growing evidence linking the level of education to a stable or lower incidence of HIV. For instance, research shows that AIDS spreads twice as fast among uneducated girls in Zambia, while young rural Ugandans with a secondary education are three times less likely to be HIV-positive than those with no education.