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In some countries, three generations have been affected by HIV (Oladokun et al., 2010a). Even as incidence declines, there is a clear need to continue meeting the needs of children orphaned and made vulnerable due to HIV and AIDS. "Nowadays there is a deadly disease called AIDS. This disease is only treated but not cured. Anyone can be infected -- male, female, young, old, rich, poor, educated...

Interventions are needed to support parents and caregivers on taking care of children living with HIV. Needs include information and training as well as combating stigma and discrimination against HIV-positive children.

Women and Girls

1 study

HIV/AIDS programming should also reach young children. A review found that despite the impact of investing in early childhood interventions, few HIV/AIDS programs exist for young children.

Orphans and Vulnerable Children

1 study

Interventions are needed to assist parents dying of AIDS with planning for the future well-being of their children. [See also %{s:61}] Studies found that many parents dying from AIDS had not written wills nor provided custody arrangements for their children.

Orphans and Vulnerable Children

1 study

Additional research is needed on disease progression among children and adolescents who acquired HIV as infants.

Increasing Access to Services

1 study

Accelerating treatment access for adults with children can reduce the number of orphans, improve pediatric mortality and social well-being. [See also %{c:13}]

Orphans and Vulnerable Children

4 studies Gray IIIa, IIIb, V child labor, education, mortality, orphans, treatment Kenya, South Africa, Uganda, Ukraine

Programs are needed that link interventions addressing HIV/AIDS and child abuse. One report found that no PEP access guidelines exist for children who were raped and were under the age of 14. Other studies found high risk behavior among those who had been sexually abused as children.

Addressing Violence Against Women

1 study

Conducting HIV testing and counseling for women who bring their children for immunization can increase the number of women accessing testing and treatment services. [See above and %{s:49}]

Structuring Health Services to Meet Women’s Needs

1 study

Discussing the risk of vertical transmission with providers and/or other HIV-positive women with seronegative children can increase women’s confidence about preventing vertical transmission of HIV.

Pre-Conception

3 studies Gray IV, V Cuba, PMTCT, support groups, treatment South Africa, Thailand

Interventions are needed to support women living with HIV to disclose their serostatus to their children and families. Studies found that HIV-positive women found it extremely difficult to disclose their serostatus to their children and to their families and wanted specific counseling to address this need. A study also found that women wanted support on how to talk to their children about the loss of a sibling from AIDS.

Women and Girls

1 study

Further interventions to provide support programs, including counseling, are needed for AIDS-orphaned children and their caregivers to combat depression, social isolation and stigma. Studies found that AIDS orphans reported insufficient food, depression and stigma.

Orphans and Vulnerable Children

1 study

Programs should encourage male involvement in children’s treatment and orphan care. A systematic review and several studies found that fathers are often overlooked in orphan care when the mother has died.

Orphans and Vulnerable Children

1 study

Highly-active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) with good nutritional intake and regular medical care can improve health and survival of orphaned children living with HIV in resource-poor settings.

Orphans and Vulnerable Children

2 studies Gray IIIb HAART, children, orphans, treatment Kenya, Tanzania

Interventions are needed for school children that suffer from violence on the way to or at school. [See also %{s:59}] Studies found that girls suffer from violence both on the way and at school.

Advancing Education

1 study

Programs must adhere to the longstanding international agreement to voluntarism, informed consent, and ensuring the right of individuals and couples to decide freely and responsibly the number and spacing of their children. [See %{c:15}]

Preventing Unintended Pregnancies

1 study

Conducting HIV testing and counseling for women who bring their children for immunization can increase the number of women accessing testing and treatment services. [See also %{c:11} and %{c:25}]

Postpartum

4 studies Gray II, IIIb, V HAART, HIV testing, PMTCT, breastfeeding, health facilities, immunization, testing, treatment Botswana, Malawi, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda

Improved and timely access to antiretrovirals is needed for orphans. A study found that orphans were more likely to be at WHO clinical stage 4, and need timely treatment initiation.

Orphans and Vulnerable Children

1 study

Providing community development projects, rather than a narrowly defined HIV/AIDS program, may reduce the stigma against OVC.

Orphans and Vulnerable Children

2 studies Gray IV OVC, community-based care, stigma Kenya, Tanzania

Further interventions are needed to help female OVCs reduce risky sexual behaviors and protect them from sexual violence. [See %{c:9}]

Orphans and Vulnerable Children

1 study

NGO and government interventions must take care not to create dependence on externally funded services and decrease the community’s sense of responsibility for OVC. An evaluation of programs providing services to orphans found that because of NGO interventions, communities believed they had no responsibilities towards caregivers and orphans.

Orphans and Vulnerable Children

1 study