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Interventions to Improve Antiretroviral Therapy Adherence Among Adolescents in Low-and Middle-Income Countries: A Systematic Review of the Literature

March 27, 2018

This article is a systematic review of the peer-reviewed and grey literature published between 2010 and 2015 to identify interventions designed to improve antiretroviral adherence among adults and adolescents in low- and middle-income countries. The authors conducted searches on PubMed, Web of Science, Popline, the AIDSFree Resource Library, and the USAID Development Experience Clearinghouse to… View Article

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Referral mechanisms for children orphaned or made vulnerable by HIV

March 9, 2018

The timely referral of children to necessary services within and between different sectors (e.g., health, education, social services) is critical for effectively preventing and responding to the multiple vulnerabilities faced by children and families affected by HIV and other adversities. This brief of referral mechanisms within the context of OVC programs describes the different types… View Article

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Working in partnership to improve children’s safety and well-being: The May’khethele Programme in South Africa

The case study is one in a series of case studies highlighting different aspects of a case management system and referral mechanisms utilized by OVC programs. The overall objectives of the case study are to highlight and help promote good practice related to referral mechanisms within orphans and vulnerable children (OVC) programming. This case study… View Article

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Using a systems approach at the community-level in a human resource constrained context: The YouthPower Action Project in Mozambique

The case study is one in a series of case studies highlighting different aspects of a case management system and referral mechanisms utilized by OVC programs. The overall objectives of the case study are to highlight and help promote good practice related to referral mechanisms within orphans and vulnerable children (OVC) programming. This case study… View Article

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Childrens Experiences of Violence: Evidence from the Young Lives Study in Ethiopia, India, Peru, and Vietnam

In this summative report from Young Lives, an international study of childhood poverty, authors Kirrily Pells and Virginia Morrow highlight the study’s key findings on violence affecting children, exploring what children say about violence, how it affects them, and the key themes that emerge from a systematic analysis of the children’s accounts from our study… View Article

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Child Outcomes of Cash Transfer Programming

The study outlined in this article is an initiative of Save the Children UK. It is a synthesis of the evidence around survival, education, and protection in humanitarian and non-humanitarian contexts. This research brief provides a compact account of a longer report that works to fill the evidence gap on the implications on the use… View Article

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“It’s not possible to go inside and have a discussion”: How fear of stigma affects community-based support of of children’s HIV care

March 6, 2018

This study brings us the voices of caregivers and children in Zimbabwe telling us that stigma still matters. In this longitudinal qualitative study, the results indicate that anxiety around discrimination and fear of stigma on participation in the intervention are barriers to caregivers and children–and ones which community health volunteers experience firsthand as they seek… View Article

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