About Us HIV/AIDS HFLE School Health Resources Contact Us Login Thank you for visiting our website. Unfortunately this project has ended and the website is no longer maintained nor updated. For more information about Education Development Center and our work please visit www.edc.org Schools and Ministries of Education have a powerful role to play in promoting and safeguarding the health and safety of students and staff Health – physical, emotional, social, mental and spiritual – has a significant influence on academic performance and quality of life. In turn, school success and completion have a positive impact on health status. Across the Caribbean, the education sector, often working in collaboration with the health sector and civil society, is taking bold steps to build its capacity to promote health and prevent disease through a broad range of school health policies and evidence-based programs. EduCan is a network of people from Ministries of Education across the Caribbean. Network members are leading the way in developing policies and programs that promote and protect the health and safety of students and staff. News and Events EduCan Members Report on HIV School Programmes Regional Workshop on Masculinities, Gender Equality and Development in the Caribbean The Status of the HIV Programme in the Ministry of Education in Dominica Involving People with HIV Monitoring and Evaluation in the Education Sector more Educan is a project in EDC’s Health and Human Development Division 43 Foundry Avenue, Waltham MA 02453