AIDS Infects Education Systems in Africa

Yet School Is Critical Factor in Combating Pandemic

Teachers in Zambia nearly went on strike a few years ago because they weren’t paid on time.

Neither of the two government officials responsible for the payroll had reported to work as the salaries came due. One was out sick, almost certainly from an AIDS-related illness. The other was attending to the death rites of someone who had died of the disease.

A strike was averted only when the funeral had taken place and the second...