Orphans
Orphans
 | Adolescence is an age of opportunity for children, and a pivotal time for us to build on their development in the first decade of life, to help them navigate risks and vulnerabilities, and to set them on the path to fulfilling their potential. Download this publication |
 | Access to Essential Needs and Services for Children – Orphans and Poverty Status A study on Cambodia, Thailand and Viet Nam This study on “Access to Essential Needs and Services for Children – Orphans and Poverty Status: A study on Cambodia, Thailand and Viet Nam” examines the factors that are associated with access to basic material and education needs of orphaned and non-orphaned children in poverty situations in Cambodia, Thailand and Viet Nam. The overall implications of this study have relevance for policies intended to ensure the protection and access to basic services of children affected by HIV and AIDS. Download this publication |
| Enhanced Protection for Children Affected by AIDS A companion paper to The Framework for the Protection, Care and Support of Orphans and Vulnerable Children Living in a World with HIV and AIDS. All children have the right to protection. A child whose family is wealthy can still be raped or beaten. A girl in a loving family may still be married against her will where this is the social norm. But the risks for children increase when their families are poor, when children lack access to basic services or are stigmatized within their communities. Download this publication |
| Enhanced Protection for Children Affected by AIDS A companion paper to The Framework for the Protection, Care and Support of Orphans and Vulnerable Children Living in a World with HIV and AIDS. All children have the right to protection. A child whose family is wealthy can still be raped or beaten. A girl in a loving family may still be married against her will where this is the social norm. But the risks for children increase when their families are poor, when children lack access to basic services or are stigmatized within their communities. Download this publication |
| The past six years have seen increasing engagement by the international community on HIV, AIDS and children. One of the eight Millennium Development Goals set by governments in 2000 relates directly to HIV and AIDS. In 2001, at the United Nations General Assembly Special Session on HIV/AIDS, governments pledged to protect children affected by the disease. Global commitment to combat the impact of HIV and AIDS on children was again outlined in 2002 in ‘A World Fit for Children’, the outcome document of the UN General Assembly Special Session on Children. Download this publication |
| Although overall adult HIV prevalence in Asia is low - 0.4 per cent compared to 7.4 per cent in Africa 1 - national prevalence varies widely. Within countries of the region, there are disturbingly high prevalence rates among some sub-populations and within various geographic areas. These locations and sub-populations are where concentrated epidemics build up, with substantially higher HIV prevalence than national prevalence levels can adequately capture. Table 1 provides a snapshot of national and sub-national HIV prevalence levels in selected countries. Download this publication |
| The objectives of this assessment, developed in collaboration with the MoLSW and the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH), are as follows:
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| By 2010, the number of children orphaned by AIDS globally is expected to exceed 25 million. But that is just a fraction of the number of children whose lives will have been radically altered by the impact of HIV/AIDS on their families, communities, schools, health care and welfare systems and local and national economies. With rates of HIV infection on the rise in many regions of the world, this crisis for children will persist for decades, even as prevention and treatment programmes are expanded. Download this publication |
| This report summarises the proceedings of the first Global Partners Forum for Children Orphaned and Made Vulnerable by HIV/AIDS, organised by UNICEF and the UNAIDS Secretariat, and held in Geneva on 20-21 October. The Global Partners Forum brought together more than 70 representatives of UN agencies, bilateral and multilateral donor agencies, non- governmental and faith-based organisations, academic and research institutions and other key civil society organisations. Download this publication |
