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  Policies for orphans and vulnerable children: a framework for moving ahead

  Policy Project, Futures Group, Washington, 2003

  This paper is concerned with policy responses that address the needs of orphans and vulnerable children (OVC) in the face of the HIV/AIDS epidemic.It presents a summary of the global OVC situation and current policy responses, outlines existing policy frameworks for responding to OVC, and identifies policy-level gaps in national responses.As a conclusion of its research, the paper proposes a
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  How many orphans are there in sub-Saharan Africa?

  Eldis Document Store, 2003

  This article questions the standard statistics used by policy makers and others to asses the issue and response of children who lose one or more of their parents to HIV/AIDS. The author compares statistics cited by the two main sources of orphan data, and finds that they differ widely.
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  Expanded response guide to core indicators for monitoring and reporting on HIV/AIDS programs

  US Agency for International Development, 2003

  This guide is the second in the series of two monitoring and evaluation handbooks which focuses on the new areas of USAID's Expanded Response to HIV/AIDS including care, support, and treatment for people infected and affected by HIV/AIDS with a special focus on women and children.The paper offers a rationale for the expanded response monitoring and reporting system; targets for the expanded res
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  A review of current literature of the impact of HIV/AIDS on children in sub-Saharan Africa

  US Agency for International Development, 2001

  This paper reviews epidemiological characteristics of children affected by HIV/AIDS, coping mechanisms and current knowledge of the impact of HIV on children.
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  Predicting the social consequences of orphanhood in South Africa

  Centre for Social Science Research, University of Cape Town (UCT), South Africa, 2003

  This paper examines and questions the predictions found in the academic and policy literature of social breakdown in Southern Africa in the wake of anticipated high rates of orphanhood caused by the AIDS epidemic.Analysis of the logic underlying these predictions reveals four causal relationships necessary to fulfil such dramatic and apocalyptic predictions:high AIDS mortality rates wil
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  Care for orphans, children affected by HIV/AIDS and other vulnerable children: a strategic framework

  Family Health International, 2001

  This document presents an overview of the situation of increasing numbers of orphans and children affected by HIV/AIDS worldwide. It states that both communities and governments are reaching crisis point in trying to cope with these children. It states that care and support for orphans and vulnerable children has primarily focused on addressing their material needs.
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  Building blocks: Africa-wide briefing notes

  International HIV/AIDS Alliance, 2003

  These briefing notes for working with children are organised into an overview and five sections:EducationHealth and nutritionPsychosocial supportSocial inclusionEconomic strengtheningEach briefing note provides issues and principles for guiding strategy, while drawing on best practice from programme experience.
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  AIDS, public policy and child well-being

  UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre, 2001

  This paper presents the findings of a global study carried out in 2000 on the specific impact of HIV/AIDS on children.
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  Childhood challenged: South Africa's children, HIV/AIDS and the corporate sector

  Save the Children Fund, 2002

  HIV/AIDS is now the greatest threat to child development in many parts of the world, including South Africa,and will continue to affect the lives of several generations of children.This report from Save the Children summarises research undertaken into the South African corporate sector's engagement with affected children in 2001.HIV/AIDS is a major challenge for business in South Africa,and
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  Community mobilization for orphans in Zambia: an assessment of the orphans and vulnerable children programme of Project Concern International

  Displaced Children and Orphans Fund & Patrick J. Leahy War Victims Fund, USAID, 1999

  An estimated 78 percent of Zambia’s current orphans are the result of the HIV/AIDS epidemic.The paper argues that:finding effective ways to mitigate the impacts of HIV/AIDS on children and families must become a top national prioritystrategies to mitigate the problems of AIDS orphans and other vulnerable children must focus on strengthening the capacities of the extended family and

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