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  HIV/AIDS, lagging policy response and impact on children: the case of Côte d’Ivoire

  HIV/AIDS Impact on Education Clearinghouse, 2002

  This study reviews the experience of Côte d'Ivoire in dealing with the HIV/AIDS epidemic and pays special attention to its impact on children.Findings include:AIDS has become the leading cause of mortality among adults and one of the first in childrenthe mortality associated with the disease has reduced life expectancy at birth from 65 years to 55 years in 2000since 1994 there h
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  Africa’s orphaned generations

  UNICEF HIV/AIDS, 2003

  This report presents information and analysis on the situation of children in Sub-Saharan Africa orphaned by the HIV/AIDS epidemic.Findings include:in 1990, fewer than 1 million Sub-Saharan African children under the age of 15 had lost one or both parents to HIV/AIDSat the end of 2001, 11 million in this age group were orphans because of HIV/AIDS, nearly 80% of the world totalby
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  Study of faith based organizations responses to orphans and vulnerable children

  Synergy Project, USAID, 2004

  This study reveals how faith based organisations (FBOs) are supporting orphans and vulnerable children.
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  Intervention strategies that work for youth: summary of the FOCUS on young adults

  YouthNet, Family Health International, 2002

  What kinds of programs work in their attempts to promote youth reproductive health and HIV prevention? What factors make some programs successful and others less so?
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  Overview of the impact and best practice responses in favour of children in a world affected by HIV/AIDS

  UNESDOC: Online UNESCO documents, 2002

  This first chapter from the overall study ‘AIDS, public policy and child well-being’ offers an overview of the impact of HIV/AIDS on children and desirable policy responses.
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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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  Adolescent sexual and reproductive health behaviour in Dodowa, Ghana

  Centre for Development and Population Activities, 2003

  This report presents findings from a study of sexual and reproductive health status of in-school and out-of-school adolescents in Dodowa, Ghana, carried out in 2001. The research aim was to help design a program to address adolescents’ unmet needs and promote safer behaviours.
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  HIV/AIDS and child labour in Zambia: a rapid assessment on the case of the Lusaka, Copperbelt and Eastern Provinces

  International Labour Organization, 2003

  This rapid assessment examined correlations between the HIV/AIDS pandemic and child labour in Zambia, and subsequently on the welfare of children in terms of their health, education, etc.
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  The state of world population 2003 – making 1 billion count: investing in adolescents’ health and rights.

  United Nations Population Fund, 2003

  The 2003 UNFPA report on world population focuses on the need for greater efforts to protect the human rights and well-being of young people. These include greater investments in education and in health, including sexual and reproductive health.
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  Building partnerships for life: the role of religions in caring for children affected by HIV: report from the African Religious Leaders Assembly on Children and HIV/AIDS, 2002

  World Conference of Religions for Peace, 2003

  This Assembly of representatives from faith communities worldwide galvanised the participants to become more engaged in the fight against HIV/AIDS and its impact on children, with delegates pledging to commit the assets of their religious communities in the struggle.Event structure and outcomes:prior to the Assembly, two special meetings were convened: a Youth Forum and a Women’s Caucus

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