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Good practices in case management: How your OVC program can be ready for a Site Improvement Monitoring System (SIMS) Assessment

September 1, 2017

The Site Improvement Monitoring System (SIMS) is an important part of the U.S. Government’s efforts to strengthen the quality of services delivered to people affected by HIV. Assessments of PEPFAR-funded OVC programs using the SIMS Community Tool are being carried out in order to ensure that these programs are meeting minimum standards and providing quality… View Article

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Summary of Key Approaches for Improving HIV Testing and Services for Children Orphaned or Made Vulnerable by HIV

August 25, 2017

The Coordinating Comprehensive Care for Children project (4Children) completed a series of case studies to promote learning from OVC programs that have successfully designed interventions and approaches to increase HIV testing and services (HTS) for children. 4Children conducted field visits and documented best practices of COGRI’s Lea Toto program and FHI360 led APHIAplus program in Kenya, the… View Article

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Case study on improving HIV testing and services for children orphaned or made vulnerable by HIV (OVC): Approaches of the Expanded IMPACT program in Zimbabwe

The Coordinating Comprehensive Care for Children project (4Children) documented the work of the Expanded IMPACT program in Zimbabwe to promote HIV testing and services (HTS) for children orphaned or made vulnerable to HIV (OVC). The purpose of the case study is to promote learning from OVC programs that have successfully designed interventions and approaches to increase… View Article

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Case study on improving HIV testing and services for children orphaned or made vulnerable by HIV: Approaches of the Lea Toto and APHIAplus Nuru ya Bonda programs in Kenya

The Coordinating Comprehensive Care for Children project (4Children) documented the work of the Lea Toto and APHIAplus Nuru ya Bonde program in Kenya to promote HIV testing and services (HTS) for children orphaned or made vulnerable to HIV (OVC). The purpose of the case study is to promote learning from OVC programs that have successfully designed… View Article

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Case study on improving HIV testing and services for children orphaned or made vulnerable by HIV: Approaches of the Yekokeb Berhan program for highly vulnerable children in Ethiopia

The Coordinating Comprehensive Care for Children project (4Children) documented the work of Pact’s Yekokeb Berhan Program for Highly Vulnerable Children in Ethiopia in promoting HIV testing and services (HTS) for children orphaned or made vulnerable to HIV (OVC). The purpose of the case study is to promote learning from OVC programs that have successfully designed interventions… View Article

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Ending AIDS: Progress towards the 90-90-90 goals

August 7, 2017

UNAIDS has released a new report showing that for the first time the scales have tipped: more than half of all people living with HIV (53%) now have access to HIV treatment and AIDS-related deaths have almost halved since 2005. In 2016, 19.5 million of the 36.7 million people living with HIV had access to… View Article

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Policy Brief: Palliative Care for Children Living with HIV/AIDS

In 2015 an estimated 1.8 million children under 15 years of age were living with HIV but only 49% had access to lifesaving medicines. Thus, there is an unmet need for palliative care for children living with HIV and AIDS. The International Children’s Palliative Care Network and RIATT-ESA have released a policy brief with key… View Article

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Economic Impacts of Child Marriage: Global Synthesis Report

In order to inspire greater commitments towards ending child marriage, this study demonstrates the negative impacts of the practice and their associated economic costs. The study looks at five domains of impacts: (i) fertility and population growth; (ii) health, nutrition, and violence; (iii) educational attainment and learning; (iv) labor force participation and earnings; and (v)… View Article

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Knowledge for Children in Africa: 2017 Publications Catalogue

The 2017 catalogue features 287 reports and studies that UNICEF and its partners are generating on the situation of children and young people on the continent. The publications cover a wide range of topics, which are organized in the catalogue under regional and thematic categories. The categories most relevant to the OVCsupport.org community include the… View Article

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Longitudinal development of cognitive, visuomotor and adaptive behavior skills in HIV uninfected children, aged 3–5 years of age, exposed pre- and perinatally to anti-retroviral medications

The success of prevention of mother-to-child transmission programs means that more babies are being born HIV-free, however, little is known about the developmental outcomes for children who are HIV-uninfected (HEU) but who have been exposed to antiretrovirals early in life. A recent systematic review of the psychological functioning of children exposed to HIV recommended an… View Article

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