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The video below is the recording from the webinar event Starting with the end in view: Designing OVC programs with responsible exit planning for families, programs and national systems, held 12 September 2017.
Webinar Summary:
In support of the 90-90-90 global initiative to end HIV and AIDS, PEPFAR has instituted a data-driven approach to target geographic areas with high HIV prevalence. As part of this “pivot” in PEFPAR support, OVC programs in low HIV prevalence areas or areas of “sustained support” have had to plan for and support a…
This chapter appears in Child Maltreatment in Residential Care: History, Research, and Current Practice, a volume of research examining the institutionalization of children, child abuse and neglect in residential care, and interventions preventing and responding to violence against children living in out-of-home care settings around the world.
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This paper challenges the view that, in the context of the HIV/AIDS pandemic, the African extended family is no longer able to care for and support orphaned children. The paper is based on a qualitative case study conducted in a South African urban area on the lived experiences of orphaned children aged 9–14. Data were collected from the children, their teachers as well as their main caregivers. The study found that, despite the poverty facing the extended family, emotional support, family cohesion and support for learning can serve to meet the educational needs of orphaned…
In this essay from South African Child Gauge 2017, the authors seek to respond to the following questions:
- Why are caring relationships important for children’s development?
- What do we know about systems of care for children in South Africa?
- What are the factors that can compromise care?
- What are the interventions that can improve the quality of caring relationships?
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The resilience of children living with HIV and placed in foster care has been overlooked by the World Health Organisation, UNAIDS and UNICEF. Using qualitative methodology, this study explored the resilience of children living with HIV from the perspective of foster parents residing in a community in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Using resilience theory, this paper presents three key themes, namely resilience and its link to disclosure, the need for care complements the need for cash, and family and community support systems. This paper makes suggestions for harnessing the…
This publication provides a description of 4Children's approach to case management for children orphaned or made vulnerable to HIV and their families. Seven steps for successful case management services are identified:
- Identification
- Enrollment
- Assessment/Reassessment
- Case Plan Development and Updating
- Case Plan Implementation
- Monitoring
- Case Closure
Objectives of the case study
The overall objective of the case study is to highlight and help promote good practice related to case management within orphans and vulnerable children (OVC) programming. The case study illustrates the core components of a case management system (see Figure 1), the positive results of a case management system, and some of the challenges in developing, implementing, and solidifying a case management system within an OVC program. The information presented should be understood as just one example of a case management system in practice. Any case management system…
Objectives of the case study
The overall objective of the case study is to highlight and help promote good practice related to case management within orphans and vulnerable children (OVC) programming. The case study illustrates the core components of a case management system (see Figure 1), the positive results of a case management system, and some of the challenges in developing, implementing, and solidifying a case management system within an OVC program. The information presented should be understood as just one example of a case management system in practice. Any case…
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Knowing how many orphans and vulnerable children (OVC) may require services can enhance the efficiency of programming. The OVC technical working group of the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) requested help from MEASURE Evaluation (funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development [USAID]) to develop procedures—preferably using published final reports of standardized surveys such as the Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS)—to estimate the sizes of OVC groups having high programmatic priority at the national and subnational levels.
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The Household Vulnerability Prioritization Tool (HVPT) is a national tool in Uganda developed to help government and implementing partners identify and prioritize households with, affected by, or at high risk for HIV for enrollment in orphans and vulnerable children (OVC) programming. This tool was developed specifically for the Uganda context and in collaboration with the Uganda OVC Technical Working Group.
The purpose of this document is to provide guidelines for other countries and implementing partners overseeing OVC programming, so they can adapt the…