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  Heroes of our time: health workers helping children

  Children's Institute, University of Cape Town, 2005

  This booklet highlights the ways in which health workers are helping children in this time of HIV and AIDS. The booklet acknowledges that health workers often lead the response to the thousands of children made vulnerable in the context of HIV and AIDS.
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  Violence against children affected by HIV/AIDS: a case study of Uganda

  World Vision International Resources on Child Rights, 2005

  Through participatory research this study examined the nature of violence, including psychological abuse, against orphans in parts of Uganda devastated by the HIV/AIDS pandemic.The report highlights the types, causes and psychological impact of stigmatisation of and discrimination against orphans; World Vision programme responses to orphans and vulnerable children; and recommendations for deali
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  Helping children in the time of HIV and AIDS

  Children's Institute, University of Cape Town, 2004

  This booklet offers practical guidelines to individuals and organisations on what is needed most and how to go about helping the thousands of children who are rendered vulnerable in the context of HIV/AIDS.Suggestions include:finding out who is most in need of helpsupporting a community-based responsestrengthing essential services such as education and health facilitieslimit
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  HIV counseling and testing for youth: a manual for providers

  Family Health International, 2005

  This HIV counselling and testing manual is designed for service providers and counsellors working with youth and aims to improve their skills and assist youth with the difficult issue of HIV counselling and testing.The manual provides:step-by-step information for using a counselling and testing model for youth in general or specialised clinical settings step-by-step information for
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  Education and HIV/AIDS: ensuring education access for orphans and vulnerable children

  United Nations Children's Fund, 2005

  This training manual aims to assist key decision makers to reflect on the difficulties faced by children orphaned by AIDS and other vulnerable children, and on the different policy options available within the education system, within the government and elsewhere in general. It is has been developed for the training of key stakeholders within the education sectors of World Bank client countries
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  Potential impact of adjustment policies on vulnerability of women and children to HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa

  Centre for Health and Population Research, Bangladesh, 2005

  This article evaluates the potential impact of the IMF and WB adjustment policies on women's and children’s vulnerability to HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa through connecting changes at the macro level with effects at the meso and micro levels.The study finds that adjustment policies may inadvertently produce conditions facilitating women's and children’s exposure to HIV/AIDS.
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  Our voice, our future: young people report on progress made on the declaration of commitment to HIV/AIDS

  United Nations Population Fund, 2005

  This report, written by young people from around the world, reviews the progress made on the Declaration of Commitment (DoC) on HIV/AIDS, adopted by the Member States at the United Nations General Assembly Special Session on HIV/AIDS (UNGASS) in June 2001.The document examines political and financial commitments, access to information services and youth participation.
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  Programme planning materials and training resources: a compendium

  United Nations Population Fund, 2004

  This compendium of materials aims to address the needs of both professionals and health workers, including young people, by providing access to materials previously unavailable to them, and bringing to light the concepts being highlighted as essential elements of HIV prevention for youth-focused programming.
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  More than words? Action for orphans and vulnerable children in Africa: monitoring progress towards the UN declaration of commitment on HIV/AIDS

  World Vision, 2005

  This paper, from World Vision, examines how far the rights and needs of orphans and vulnerable children (OVCs) are being met in four of the worst AIDS affected countries in sub-Saharan Africa: Ethiopia, Mozambique, Uganda and Zambia.It finds that children orphaned and made vulnerable by AIDS are most likely to be missing out in terms of education, health, nutrition and other basic needs.
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  Poverty reduction strategy papers: do they matter for children and young people made vulnerable by HIV/AIDS?

  World Bank, 2004

  This study reviews PRSPs and National HIV/AIDS Plans (NSPs) to assess how HIV/AIDS is being addressed in PRSPs.Findings of the study, with regard to content and process of the PRSPs include:the PRSP process has started to add value by bringing HIV/AIDS into national poverty planning processes, but progress in transforming stated objectives into actual programmes is slowPRSP planned

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