Archive: Capacity Development

Webinar: What Works? Effective coordination between OVC and HIV clinical partners to improve pediatric HIV case finding, retention and viral load suppression

December 21, 2020

Wednesday, January 13th, 2021 8-9:30 AM New York (GMT-4) 4-5:30 PM Nairobi (GMT+4) Click the following link to register for the Zoom webinar: REGISTRATION Please join the OVC Task Force and interagency PEPFAR colleagues for a webinar discussion on how OVC and HIV clinical implementing partners have coordinated their efforts to improve pediatric HIV case… View Article

WEBINAR: Electronic Case Management: Streamlining and Optimizing Care for Orphans and Vulnerable Children

October 2, 2020

Electronic Case Management: Streamlining and Optimizing Care for Orphans and Vulnerable Children Webinar Please find here resources from the webinar: Webinar Slide Deck Webinar Q&A The OVC Task Force and interagency PEPFAR colleagues discuss how electronic case management systems (eCMS) can help OVC projects collect and manage data in ways that optimize the care provided… View Article

Protecting the social service workforce: best practices including mental health – Webinar

September 11, 2020

Presented by the OVC Task Force and interagency PEPFAR this webinar titled Protecting the social service workforce: best practices including mental health, discusses how OVC and Clinical implementing partners can apply lessons learned from efforts supporting social service workers during COVID-19. This webinar provides an overview of the daily challenges experienced by social service workers,… View Article

Webinar: Strengthening the Social Service Workforce for Vulnerable Children: Highlights from 4Children’s Journey in Uganda

September 1, 2020

Initiated in 2017, the 4Children Uganda System Strengthening Project has made significant contributions to the strengthening of the social service workforce in Uganda. Prior to the project closes September 30, 2020, 4Children held a webinar to reflect on the key successes and learning gathered over the life of the project—including before and amid the COVID-19… View Article

Working Together: A discussion on index testing for children – Webinar

August 31, 2020

Identification of children and adolescents living with HIV (C/ALHIV) is a key priority of PEPFAR to ensure timely diagnosis and linkage to life-saving antiretroviral treatment (ART). Index testing has proven to be an effective modality to identify C/ALHIV, through a biological parent or HIV-infected sibling, who would otherwise not be quickly linked to ART. Clinical… View Article

The Global Case Management Package: Improving Targeted Support to Children and Families Affected by HIV

August 22, 2019

The Coordinating Comprehensive Care for Children (4Children) project strengthened social service systems through the development of standard operating procedures (SOPs) for case management in DRC, Kenya, Namibia, Nigeria, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, and Uganda. This multi-country development has been synthesized into this global case management package that can be considered the gold standard for implementing… View Article

Prevent, Find, Link and Retain: The Essential Role of OVC Programming in HIV Epidemic Control

May 9, 2019

Full Conference Program On May 29-30, 2019, the OVC Task Force hosted a conference to highlight the contributions of OVC programs to the global 95-95-95 targets. By mobilizing and engaging both health and social welfare systems, OVC programs have been pivotal to the success of HIV testing and treatment outcomes through enhancing community-clinic linkages, addressing... View Article

Coordinating Clinic and Community Services through Case Management

May 31, 2017

On June 14, 2017, the OVC Task Force hosted a webinar on Coordinating Clinic and Community Services through Case Management. Presenters shared their experiences implementing facility/community linkage approaches using different OVC programming models. These include: a clinic and community-based OVC programming model (SIDHAS) and comprehensive, community-based OVC programming models that include collaboration with clinical partners… View Article

Strengthening the Social Service Workforce from the Bottom-Up: Lessons from Child and Youth Care Workers and Isibindi Model in South Africa

April 6, 2016

The HIV/AIDS epidemic and other risk factors have led to a growing number of highly vulnerable children, not just in South Africa but across sub-Saharan Africa and other regions. Efforts to care for this growing population have created an increasing demand

Global Social Service Workforce Alliance Webinars

Since 2011, the Global Social Service Workforce Alliance has been hosting webinars on strengthening the social service workforce. The webinars have engaged participants

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