Guinea Bissau: State Receives Boost From UN to Promote Sex Education in Schools

16 September 2011

Youngsters in Guinea-Bissau will receive comprehensive sexual education in primary and secondary schools thanks to a United Nations workshop to support efforts by the small West African country's education ministry.

"The need to give young people a sexual education is evident and urgent," said Xavier Hospital of the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) regional team on HIV/AIDS based in Dakar, Senegal.

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