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Background
Understanding the circumstances of adolescents living with HIV is critical in designing adolescent-friendly services that will facilitate successful transition from pediatric to adult care. This study describes access, utilization and ongoing social support needs among adolescents living with HIV aged 15–17 in transition from pediatric to adult HIV care in Cambodia.
Methods
A cross-sectional study was conducted among 328 adolescents, randomly selected from 11 antiretroviral therapy (ART) clinics across the country. Descriptive analyses were conducted to summarize their…
The purpose of this research was to capture more accurate and detailed information regarding children in various forms of alternative care in Thailand, as well as the legal, policy, management and oversight environment surrounding them in order to plan and programme more strategically in the area of alternative care, and simultaneously contribute to the global evidence base for international findings and recommendations on alternative care.
The review covered the following types of registered alternative care for children: Residential Care, Foster Care, and Kinship Care.
While the scope…
Introduction
The purpose of this research was to capture more accurate and detailed information regarding children in various forms of alternative care in Thailand, as well as the legal, policy, management and oversight environment surrounding them in order to plan and programme more strategically in the area of alternative care, and simultaneously contribute to the global evidence base for international findings and recommendations on alternative care.
The review covered the following types of registered alternative care for children: Residential Care, Foster Care, and Kinship Care…
This country care review includes the care related Concluding Observations adopted by the Committee on the Rights of the Child and the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
This paper from UNICEF presents a profile of children in Cambodia, paying particular attention to those who are left behind in different spheres - education, health and nutrition, and protection - against the backdrop of society’s prevalent inequality. It attempts to present key parameters computed from three databases: the Cambodia Socio-economic Survey (CSES) of 2010, the Cambodia Demographic and Health Survey (CDHS) of 2010 and the Commune Database (CDB) of 2010. At the time of writing, 2010 is the latest year for which data on human development indicators is available, and this…
This study by UNICEF sought to identify key determinants of vulnerability among children –including those affected by HIV and AIDS – that can contribute to developing an improved global measure of vulnerable children in the context of HIV and AIDS. Data from the most recent available household surveys at the time of analysis was used from 11 countries – Cambodia, Central African Republic, Haiti, Malawi, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Swaziland, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe – were pooled.
Based on the results of the pooled analysis, the key indicators of vulnerability for…
In this article for Prism Magazine, a publication of Evangelicals for Social Action, the authors ask challenging questions about the active role played by the Western Church "not only in funding orphanages where they may not be needed but also encouraging "orphanage tourism" disguised in the form of short-term mission trips." They review the evidence from global research that has demonstrated the adverse impacts of residential care on the development of children and their protection rights, and ask some challenging questions: "Why are orphanages unacceptable…
The goal of this Prakas is to ensure the best interests of the child and to protect the basic rights of all children especially children who are in need of special care and protection or at-risk children, to fully develop in a family environment in an atmosphere of happiness, love and understanding. This Prakas is intended to define roles and responsibilities of relevant competent agencies and establish procedures, operational guides, and forms to implement the Policy on Alternative Care for Children, aiming to uphold the best interests of the child as the paramount consideration, recognizing…
This country care review includes the Concluding Observations for the Committee on the Rights of the Child adopted as part of its examination of Vietnam’s combined third and fourth periodic reports at the 60th Session of the Committee held between 9 May and 15 June 2012. The Committee’s recommendations on the issue of Family Environment and Alternative Care as well as other care relevant issues are highlighted.
This situational analysis was commissioned by the Child Protection Initiative (CPI) as a preliminary exercise to develop evidence-based recommendations to guide Save the Children in the Philippines to develop interventions under the CPI priority result areas, building on existing programmes and technical expertise. Save the Children in the Philippines seeks to prioritise across the following strategy areas: children in residential care, children in armed conflict and disasters, children in situations of migration (…