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Orphans and Vulnerable Children
Care and Support
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...
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
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
Educational support for orphan girls may reduce risk of HIV acquisition and increase educational attainment.
Orphans and Vulnerable Children
3 studies Gray II, IIIb OVC, education Kenya, Zambia, Zimbabwe
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
Increased financial and other support is needed for adults, especially grandparents, caring for orphans, including those who are HIV-positive. Studies found families caring for orphans lacked adequate food and nutrition and reported financial difficulties in meeting basic needs.
Orphans and Vulnerable Children
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 that promote the strength of families and offer family-centered integrated economic, health and social support result in improved health and education outcomes for orphans.
Orphans and Vulnerable Children
6 studies Gray IIIb, IV, V OVC, children, community care, community-based care, counseling, family, grandparents, orphans, sexual behavior, support groups Botswana, China, Kenya, Rwanda, South Africa, Zimbabwe
Programs that provide community-wide cash transfers, microenterprise opportunities, old age pensions or other targeted financial and livelihood assistance can be effective in supporting orphans.
Orphans and Vulnerable Children
6 studies Gray II, IV, V OVC, adolescents, community care, financial assistance, grandparents, microfinance, orphans, pensions, self-perception, sexual risk-taking Kenya, Malawi, South Africa, Uganda, Zambia
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
Further interventions are needed to help female OVCs reduce risky sexual behaviors and protect them from sexual violence. [See also %{s:73}] Studies found that female orphans had higher rates of early sexual debut and were more likely to have had coerced sex.
Mitigating Risk
1 study
Interventions are needed for street youths who have high rates of HIV and intravenous drug use. A systematic, community-based, multicity assessment of street youth in Ukraine, of whom a quarter were girls, found high rates of HIV and low condom use and high rates of sharing needles, especially among orphans and who were injecting drug users.
Orphans and Vulnerable Children
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
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
Psychological counseling and mentoring for OVC may improve their psychological well-being.
Orphans and Vulnerable Children
3 studies Gray II, IIIa, IV counseling, depression, orphans, support groups, youth Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda
Interventions are needed to support women living with HIV to reduce infant abandonment. Studies found that families forced women living with HIV to abandon their infants; some due to erroneous fears that the infant could transmit HIV.
Orphans and Vulnerable Children
1 study
Interventions are urgently needed to help girls enroll (and stay) in school. [See also %{s:65}] Studies found that girls affected by HIV are more likely to be out of school, despite the protective factor of education in reducing the likelihood of HIV acquisition.
Orphans and Vulnerable Children
1 study