School Health Database

Title

Bolivia

Education

School age population in 2008, primary (UIS): 1,407,019

Gross enrolment ratio in 2006, primary (UIS): 109%

Net enrolment rate in 2006, primary (UIS): 95%

Gender parity index for gross enrolment ratio in 2006, primary (UIS): 1.00

Number of primary school age children out of school in 2006 (UNESCO 2008): 52,000

School age population in 2008, secondary (UIS): 1,303,510

Gross enrolment ratio in 2006, secondary (UIS): 82%

Net enrolment rate in 2006, secondary (UIS): 71%

HIV

Children (0-14 years) living with HIV: unavailable

Young women (15-24 years) living with HIV in 2007, rate (UNAIDS 2008): 0.1%

Young men (15-24 years) living with HIV in 2007, rate (UNAIDS 2008): 0.2%

Orphans and Vulnerable Children

Children (0-17 years) who have lost one or both parents due to all causes, 2007 (UNICEF 2008): 300,000

Percent of children who have lost one or both parents due to all causes: 7%

Children (0-17 years) who have lost one or both parents due to AIDS: unavailable

Malaria

Estimated malaria cases in 2006, out of a total population of 9,354,000 (WHO 2008): 74,000

Estimated malaria cases in children under five in 2006, out of a under-five population of 1,239,000 (WHO 2008): 7,700

Worms

Prevalence of soil-transmitted helminths in schoolchildren (5-19 years) in the Northern Bolivian Altiplano (very high altitude) (Flores et al. 2001)

Ascaris: 11.6%
Trichuris: 8.4%

Prevalence of soil-transmitted helminths in total population (de Silva et al. 2003)

Ascaris: 15.5%
Trichuris: 7.6%
Hookworm: 15.1%

Water and Sanitation

Percent of population using improved drinking water sources in 2006 (UNICEF and WHO 2008): 86%

Percent of population using improved sanitation facilities in 2006 (UNICEF and WHO 2008): 43%

Nutrition

Percent of under-fives suffering from (UNICEF 2008)

underweight: 5%
wasting: 1%
stunting: 27%

Programmes

School Health and Nutrition: “Mejorando Nuestra Vida” (Improving Our Lives)

Food for Education Programme - Programa de Apoyo a la Educación (PAE)

Solar-heated showers in the Bolivian highlands

Attachments

Health, Nutrition, HIV and AIDS

Improved Learning through better Health, Nutrition and Education for the School-Age Child