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When the safety net fails: Children in West and Central Africa and risk of HIV infection

January 1, 2009

““Know your response” means knowing who is vulnerable to HIV infection and providing services to mitigate this vulnerability and to assist those who have already acquired HIV. To explore this,we spoke to more than 1,000 children and adolescents aged 8 to 20 years living in communities severely affected by war and displacement, child trafficking, or… View Article

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Children and AIDS: The Fourth Stocktaking Report

The annual report examines evidence of progress in four key areas in 2008: prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT), paediatric HIV care and treatment, prevention of HIV among adolescents and young people, and protection and support for children affected by HIV and AIDS.

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Child Poverty: a role for cash transfers? West and Central Africa Regional thematic report

This report focuses specifically on one type of social protection mechanism – social assistance in the form of cash transfers – and explores how this can contribute to addressing specific risks and vulnerabilities faced by children in the region. The few cash transfer programmes that exist in the West and Central Africa region are small… View Article

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Africa’s Orphans and Vulnerable Generations: Children Affected By AIDS

This UNICEF report is an update of the 2003 report Africa’s Orphaned Generations. It incorporates new and refined estimates of the number of children orphaned in sub-Saharan Africa, as well as current research on the impact of AIDS and orphaning.

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Child Status Index: A Tool for Assessing the Well-Being of OVC – Manual

November 1, 2008

This presentation from a training workshop in Ethiopia reviews the CSI tool and aims to teach facilitators in training volunteers in implementation. The objectives of this presentation are for the learner to review and understand the CSI tool reasoning, principles and benefits; review CSI implementation progress; learn how to train volunteers; and to decide on… View Article

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Social Protection for vulnerable children in the context of HIV and AIDS Moving towards a more integrated vision

July 1, 2008

It is recognized that the HIV pandemic negatively impacts more than the individuals, but also families and their children. To support these vulnerable children, this paper pushes for a holistic approach to child and social protection. This advocacy brief approaches social protection as an overarching framework that focuses on the support of vulnerable children living… View Article

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Programming for children affected by HIV/AIDS in low prevalence countries

March 1, 2008

The goal of this study is to summarize and analyze evidence on special programs addressing the protection and support needs of children affected by HIV/AIDS in low prevalence countries. This main objectives of this study are to: 1) Review, analyze and document the situation of children affected by HIV/AIDS in low prevalence and concentrated epidemic… View Article

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Getting in line: coordinating responses of donors, civil society and the government for CABA

January 1, 2008

Getting in line is an analysis of a nine-country study in East and Southern Africa that maps involvement, roles and responsibilities of civil society in the national response to orphans and vulnerable children made vulnerable by HIV/AIDS. This analysis uses the studies as a basis to provide recommendations to increase civil society, external agencies and… View Article

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Community based management information systems

This research aims to assess whether or not communities are able to use community based management information systems (CBMIS) as an approach to strengthen community responses, thus decentralising decision making. It explores the effectiveness, strengths and challenges of information systems used by communities to provide support to orphans and vulnerable children in AIDS affected areas.

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Child Status Index Made Easy

The Child Status Index is a simple way to assess the well-being of a child. This assessment index was designed to be user friendly at the grassroots level and comes in both picture and written form, for adaptability of the child. This booklet also contains simple instructions for completing the CSI, including preparing the child… View Article

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