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Orphans and Other Vulnerable Children Household Vulnerability Prioritization Toolkit

December 27, 2015

Government and donor-funded Orphans and Other Vulnerable Children (OVC) programs operate throughout Uganda, offering services to vulnerable households and children according to the National OVC Policy (NOP) and National Strategic Program Plan of Intervention for OVC (NSPPI). Programs have used different methods or tools to identify and prioritize the households they will enroll. Without a… View Article

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Spiraling Upward: The Re-doubling Benefit of Family-centered Care

October 6, 2015

Programming for orphans and vulnerable children (OVC) primarily works at the household and community level. These programs often work to remove the stressors that inhibit the development of child affected by HIV. In order to make the most of case management and other services provided by OVC programs, programmers should recognize the long-term contribution that… View Article

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What’s New in Research? September 2015 Edition

September 15, 2015

In this issue we review four papers on disclosure: one on the social circumstances affecting child HIV disclosure in Kenya, a review of the investments made by NIH in studies of disclosure to children, and two intervention studies, one in Namibia and one in South Africa. We also introduce two papers on sex work in… View Article

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What’s New in Research? July 2015 Edition

July 15, 2015

In this newsletter, we review several papers that present new scientific findings on neurodevelopment and early adversity, especially in relation to HIV infection and HIV exposure. The first article broadly examines the evidence to date on the impacts of HIV infection and antiretroviral medication on neurocognitive function, while the second explores the importance of age… View Article

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THRIVES: A Global Technical Package to Prevent Violence Against Children

June 17, 2015

Provides evidence-based interventions aimed at preventing violence against children. Violence against children is preventable, but still highly prevalent. It is associated with numerous public health issues including HIV, mental health problems, and involvement in sex trafficking. THRIVE strategies for violence prevention includes: (T) Training in parenting: Interventions that provide parenting support; (H) Household economic strengthening:… View Article

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Prevalence of Sexual Violence Against Children and Use of Social Services — Seven Countries, 2007–2013

Sexual violence against children often causes lifelong negative health effects, subsequently increasing vulnerability to mental and physical health issues. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) participated in a global public-private partnership called “Together for Girls” in which they conducted national household surveys of children and youth aged 13-24 years to measure the lifetime… View Article

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State of the Social Service Workforce 2015 Report – A Multi-Country Review

This first annual report provides an overview of data from 2014 on the social service workforce in fifteen countries. The report defines the ‘social service workforce’ as paid or unpaid, professional or paraprofessional, government or nongovernment workers in the social service system who promote the rights of and support vulnerable populations. The countries included in… View Article

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Positive Parenting in South Africa: Why supporting families is key to development and violence prevention

May 14, 2015

Parenting has a direct impact on a child’s behavior, therefore supporting parents in violence reduction is critical to the growth of children. In order for nationwide violence reduction, scale up of evidence-based programs is needed across the national social service system. By investing in parenting support, nations are indirectly investing in child protection and development…. View Article

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The 1612 Monitoring and Reporting Mechanism: A Resource Pack for NGOs

May 13, 2015

The 1612 Monitoring and Reporting Mechanism (MRM) documents six grave violations perpetrated against children in situations of armed conflict. The six violations: recruitment and use of children, killing and maiming children of children, abduction of children, rape and sexual violence against children, attacks against schools and hospitals, and denial of humanitarian access. This Resource Pack… View Article

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Prevent and Protect: Linking the HIV and child protection response to keep children safe, healthy and resilient

May 1, 2015

This report provides models, case studies, and lessons learned from programs that link child protection issues and HIV/AIDS. It is part of an ongoing effort to understand how child protection issues including abuse, violence, exploitation, and neglect uniquely impact children affected by HIV/AIDS, and vice versa. UNICEF selected three countries to be studied: Nigeria, Zambia,… View Article

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