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Economic Strengthening and children affected by HIV in Asia

January 1, 2008

This paper uses case studies from South Asia to explore the need for differential programming between low and high prevalence countries in addressing the economic strengthening needs for children affected by HIV/AIDS. It provides programme and policy recommendations around the need for strategies geared more towards HIV risk reduction than impact mitigation and for community… View Article

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Children and Participation in South Africa: An Overview

“Th is paper examines the current policy and practice around children’s participation in South Africa. By situating the analysis from the perspective of the socio-economic and normative context within South Africa the paper critiques current typologies of children’s participation. Th is paper examines the current policy and practice around children’s participation in South Africa. By… View Article

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Care that Counts

This document is designed to help service providers to orphans and vulnerable children (OVC) to improve quality of services to reach the most children. The document gives an understanding of Quality improvement (QI) as a way to organize and harmonize the provision of care by engaging people at the point of service delivery to evaluate… View Article

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Programming for Impact: A review of the literature and lessons from the field on programming for vulnerable children

This booklet presents a review of the literature as well as identified good practices in the care and support of vulnerable children. The purpose of this paper is to provide busy program managers with a broad review of current evidence and clear recommendations for improved programming for vulnerable children.

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Obtaining Youth Input for the Development of Quality Standards for OVC Services

PEPFAR OVC Guidelines mandate that we actively involve orphans and vulnerable children in determining their own future. In the development of minimum standards for the quality of services for OVC, one way to include children’s is to hold a Youth Input Workshop in which a select group of orphans and other vulnerable children are brought… View Article

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Nutrition, food security and HIV: A compendium of promising practice

“Increasingly countries in east, central, and southern Africa are integrating nutrition and food security interventions into HIV services at national, facility, and community levels. This compendium is designed for individuals who are designing, managing or implementing programs. It provides examples of promising practices in nutrition, food security and HIV as well helps understand the constraints… View Article

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National responses for children affected by AIDS: Review of progress and lessons learned

This report was commissioned by the Inter-Agency Task Team (IATT) on Children affected by HIV and AIDS’ working group on National Plans of Action (NPAs). It presents a broad overview of progress made and lessons learned in mounting national responses for children affected by AIDS and other vulnerable children. Based on review findings, future actions… View Article

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Moving toward Complete Family Care: Integrating OVC Services with HIV Treatment in Haiti

This fact sheet highlights the various steps and the resultant outcomes in integrating OVC services with that of HIV treatment.

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Measuring OVC Well-being: Results from a 5-country evaluation

This is a presentation of results from a 5-country evaluation on OVC well-being carried out by Catholic Relief Services. The results were presented during an OVC forum held in June 2008. They covered 10 domains: nutrition and food security, education, shelter and environment, economic, child protection, mental health, family support, health, spirituality and community support

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Measuring for Quality Improvement

This is a presentation delivered on the Second Annual African Regional Training and Exchange Event on Improving the Quality of OVC Programs in Ethiopia. It seeks to explain why it is important to measure quality, the relationship between measuring for quality improvement and M&E, what indicators should be used when measuring quality and how to… View Article

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