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Webinar: What Works? Effective coordination between OVC and HIV clinical partners to improve pediatric HIV case finding, retention and viral load suppression
Wednesday, January 13th, 2021 8-9:30 AM New York (GMT-4) 4-5:30 PM Nairobi (GMT+4) Click the following link to register for the Zoom webinar: REG...
WEBINAR: Electronic Case Management: Streamlining and Optimizing Care for Orphans and Vulnerable Children
Electronic Case Management: Streamlining and Optimizing Care for Orphans and Vulnerable Children Webinar Please find here resources from the webina...
Webinar: Strengthening the Social Service Workforce for Vulnerable Children: Highlights from 4Children’s Journey in Uganda
Initiated in 2017, the 4Children Uganda System Strengthening Project has made significant contributions to the strengthening of the social service wor...
Working Together: A discussion on index testing for children - Webinar
Identification of children and adolescents living with HIV (C/ALHIV) is a key priority of PEPFAR to ensure timely diagnosis and linkage to life-saving...
Integrating Violence Against Children Prevention and Response into HIV Services
There is growing recognition that children of all ages and in all settings are at great risk of experiencing violence. However, being aware of a probl...
The Global Case Management Package: Improving Targeted Support to Children and Families Affected by HIV
The Coordinating Comprehensive Care for Children (4Children) project strengthened social service systems through the development of standard operating...
Prevent, Find, Link and Retain: The Essential Role of OVC Programming in HIV Epidemic Control
Full Conference Program On May 29-30, 2019, the OVC Task Force hosted a conference to highlight the contributions of OVC programs to the global 95-95-...
Savings Groups for Adolescents and Youth Affected by HIV
How can savings groups for adolescents and youth contribute to positive youth development and HIV prevention, care, and treatment outcomes? On Janu...
Strengthening Referral Pathways for Children and Adolescents Affected by Sexual Violence: Lessons from Kenya and Uganda
Children affected by sexual violence should access core health and social welfare support, and both services should work together to build a case that...
Integrating Early Childhood Development Interventions into HIV Clinical Care Interventions
Integrating Early Childhood Development Interventions into HIV Clinical Care Interventions The importance of early childhood development (ECD) has ...
The critical role of OVC Programs in increasing access to HTS for children most at risk: lessons from the field and implications for programming
Despite the dramatic success of HIV treatment programs around the world, children remain under-represented in HIV testing numbers and are th...
MER 2.0 Indicators
On October 16, 2017, Christine Fu, USAID Senior OVC Research and Evaluation Advisor, led a webinar on the updates to MER 2.0 Indicators. The webinar...
Starting with the end in view: Designing OVC programs with responsible exit planning for families, programs and national systems
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 HI...
Coordinating Clinic and Community Services through Case Management
On June 14, 2017, the OVC Task Force hosted a webinar on Coordinating Clinic and Community Services through Case Management. Presenters shared thei...
An Introduction to the ASPIRES Vulnerability Assessment Handbook for Economic Strengthening Projects.
The ASPIRES Vulnerability Assessment Handbook for Economic Strengthening Projects provides guidance for implementers looking to understand the economi...
Social Protection, Economic Empowerment, and ART Adherence among Adolescents Living with HIV
There is new evidence available examining the potential protective links between social protection, prevention, economic opportunities, and ART adherence among adolescents living with HIV. Two international researchers will share their preliminary results emerging from studies in South Africa and Uganda, detailing different pathways that uncover the connections between economic opportunities, “cash + care” social protection, and HIV treatment outcomes among adolescents living with HIV....
PEPFAR 3.0 and OVC Programming: Implications and Promising Practices for Impact
On 7 October 2015, the OVC Task Force sponsored the event “PEPFAR 3.0 and OVC Programming: Implications and Promising Practices for Impact”. The e...
Linking HIV and Child Protection. Session 1
There is an increasing focus within the children and AIDS community on the need to ensure that child protection contributes to HIV prevention...
Risk & Resilience in Children Affected by HIV/AIDS – What does the Evidence Say?
PEPFAR has supported the USAID-funded Leadership, Management, and Governance Project, the USAID-funded AIDSTAR-Two Project, the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC), and partnered...
Improving Services for Vulnerable Children through Disability Inclusion
Including persons with disabilities within the design and implementation of development programs is a mandate of most major global health donors and principle of rights-based...
Children’s Risk and Resilience in the Age of HIV/AIDS
On October 2nd, 2014, PEPFAR hosted the Children’s Risk and Resilience in the Age of HIV/AIDS event in partnership with USAID, the Leadership, Manag...
Strengthening the Social Service Workforce from the Bottom-Up: Lessons from Child and Youth Care Workers and Isibindi Model in South Africa
The HIV/AIDS epidemic and other risk factors have led to a growing number of highly vulnerable children, not just in South Africa but across sub-Saharan Africa and other regions. Efforts to care for this growing population have created an increasing demand ...
Using Household Economic Assessments in Tanzania to Improve Programming for Families Affected by HIV
This webinar discussed how local partners implemented a Household Economic Assessment (HEA) and how the HEA allowed organizations to gain a greater understanding of vulnerability among their target population. This webinar also...
The Evidence Behind Early Childhood Development
The webinar explored the science behind early childhood development and will discuss current research on the impact of ECD programming. The webinar also looked at...
Household Economic Strengthening Overview for OVC Implementers
The Learning Objectives for this webinar were to: Increase awareness and understanding of effective household economic strengthening practices...