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Integrating Early Childhood Development Interventions into HIV Clinical Care Encounters

October 1, 2018

The Coordinating Comprehensive Care for Children Project (4Children) explored the integration of early childhood development (ECD) into HIV programming with the goal of reviewing evidence to determine ways that programs could improve pediatric HIV case identification and treatment and developmental outcomes through integration of ECD into clinical care encounters. 4Children conducted a comprehensive literature review… View Article

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Measuring Children’s Psychosocial Well-being

This guidance helps field practitioners to develop a programmatically appropriate definition of psychosocial well‑being in relation to children, along with indicators that are responsive to that definition. It aids the selection of appropriate data collection methods and the development of corresponding data collection tools.

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After help leaves: post-graduation outcomes in PEPFAR-supported OVC projects in Nigeria

September 12, 2018

The Coordinating Comprehensive Care for Children (4Children) project traced a sample of graduated OVC and their primary caregivers to assess their well-being and to understand the perceived changes in OVC well-being following graduation from a PEPFAR-funded OVC program. This tracer study provides evidence on the state of and perceived changes in child and caregiver well-being… View Article

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Framework for Strengthening Integration of Mental Health in Programs for Children Orphaned or Made Vulnerable by HIV (OVC)

September 6, 2018

Mental health is a fundamental component of adult, child and community health and well-being. When mental health is not considered or addressed, there can be significant impacts on an individual, the family and the community. This paper aims to provide a framework for existing OVC programs to consider and improve integration of mental health in… View Article

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Approaching 2020: Scaling up key interventions for children and adolescents living with HIV

August 21, 2018

Global 2020 goals are on the horizon, yet progress in meeting those HIV goals for children and adolescent is not moving forward. The child survival working group launched a series of technical briefs on strategies for reaching this population called  “Approaching 2020: Scaling up key interventions for children and adolescents living with HIV.”  Find links… View Article

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