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Children thrive in families: Family centered models of care and support for OVC

January 1, 2008

Families everywhere are the primary support system for a child’s protection, health and socialization. In the context of poverty, this support is often strained due to limited material and social resources, particularly in families experiencing the effects of HIV/AIDS. This paper, created by the Joint Learning Initiative on Children and HIV/AIDS (JLICA), compiles evidence-based literature… View Article

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Economic strengthening and Children Affected by HIV/AIDS in Asia: Role of Communities

In communities throughout Asia, numbers of orphaned or vulnerable children infected or affected by HIV and AIDS are increasing. With the success of effective treatment, more infected children are surviving, increasing the economic burden on families with single parents or elderly caregivers. Children of families in economic stress are subject to educational, nutritional, health and… View Article

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A Common Responsibility: The role of community based child protection groups in protecting children from sexual abuse and exploitation

Individuals, families, communities, governments and organizations are all responsible for the protection of children. Many countries have minimal governmental capacity to protect children, including limited resources, poorly qualified workforce and inadequate local services for children. Since many governments do not fulfill their responsibility to protect children, communities need to build their own capacity to support… View Article

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Child Status Index (CSI)

This tool, developed by PEPFAR, USAID and Duke University, is a framework for holistic assessment of six domains of a child’s wellbeing. It should be used by service providers to orphans and vulnerable children (OVC) to monitor and evaluate child well-being in their organization and/or country. It provides a comprehensive way of assessing how close… View Article

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

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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Integrated health care delivery systems for families and children impacted by HIV/AIDS: Four program case studies from Kenya and Rwanda

This document describes four family and community-centred approaches to creating for and treating HIV-affected children and households, three in Rwanda and one in Kenya

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Mid Term Review of the National Plan of Action (NPA) for Orphaned and Other Vulnerable Children

This document presents findings of a midterm review of the national Action Plan for OVC (NPA for OVC) in Malawi. The review has been commissioned by the Ministry of Women and Child Development with financial support from the UNICEF. The NPA for OVC is the national implementation framework for the OVC response in Malawi and… View Article

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Quality Assurance and Improvement Standards for OVC Programs in Ethiopia

In 2007, representatives from PEPFAR-funded organizations in Ethiopia participated in a workshop to develop consensus-based standards for selected OVC services. The workshop, based on quality assurance principles, employed participatory methods to develop draft standards for Education, Economic Strengthening, Psychosocial Support and Coordination of Care. This report presents the revised standards that came out of that… View Article

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