American Association for the Advancement of Science/Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology
Country:
Kenya
Award Date:
2001
Award Amount:
$99,489.00
Cost Share:
$57,932.00
Other Funds:
$17,500.00
Other Partners:
African Women in Science and Engineering (AWSE); American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAC&U); Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR); Egerton University (Kenya); International Women in Science and Engineering (IWISE); Kenyatta University (Kenya); Makerere University (Uganda); Maseno University (Kenya); Moi University (Kenya); Sokoine University (Tanzania); University of Nairobi (Kenya)
This partnership catalyzed a concerted response to HIV/AIDS by East African universities. Eight East African universities conducted a three-day workshop on the opportunities for campuses to reform science education to deal in an informed and responsible way with HIV/AIDS. Seven universities prepared proposals—largely centered on course changes for greater classroom engagement on HIV/AIDS issues—and submitted them to African Women in Science and Engineering for competitive review. Five of these universities won travel grants to participate in the 2002 Science Education for New Civic Engagement and Responsibilities Institute and earned startup funds for their projects.
After returning from the Institute, the teams obtained support for new and modified courses on HIV-related topics and held planning and training meetings for participating lecturers to institutionalize the HIV components into university curricula. In all, six new courses were developed and 11 courses were revised to include HIV/AIDS components.
In addition, Blackwell Science Publishers, Jones & Bartlett, and the American Public Health Association donated and distributed more than 400 books on HIV/AIDS to the five African universities, along with CD-ROMs containing recent research and other HIV-related information.