Worldwide use
The TeachAids tutorials are available for free online and are used in more than 80 countries around the world, distributed by over 200 partner organizations.[4] Numerous AIDS service organizations, AIDS education and training centers, NGOs, and government agencies distribute and utilize the tutorials as part of their own HIV/AIDS prevention efforts.[21] Some of the organizations partnered with TeachAids include CARE, the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation, and the U.S. Peace Corps.
In India, the National AIDS Control Organisation approved the TeachAids materials in January 2010,[2][26] marking the first time HIV/AIDS education could be provided decoupled from sex education. Later that year, the Government of Karnataka approved the materials for their state of 50 million and committed to distributing them in 5,500 government schools.[27] In Assam, Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi helped launched TeachAids.[13] Odisha,[23] Andhra Pradesh,[28] and other Indian states have also joined with official support and distribution.
In Botswana, the TeachAids tutorials were adopted nationally as the standard method for HIV/AIDS education. In 2011, the Ministry of Education began distributing the tutorials to every primary, secondary, and tertiary educational institution in the country, reaching all learners from 6 to 24 years of age nationwide. June 15 in Botswana was declared "National TeachAIDS Day".[4][12]
In the United States, the Stanford Program on International and Cross-Cultural Education distributes the tutorials on CD along with a custom educator handbook, both of which are made available at no cost.[29]
The creation of TeachAids has been cited as an important innovation in achieving the United Nations Millennium Development Goal for combating the spread of HIV/AIDS.[30]
In 2012, TeachAids was named one of 12 global laureates by The Tech Awards,[31][32] referred to as the "Nobel prize of tech philanthropy".[33]
