Access to Care for Orphans and Vulnerable Children(PPT 21).ppt

Sheldon ShaefferandAnnelene Rør
UNESCO Bangkok
Access to Care for Orphans and Vulnerable Children
UNESCO’s strategy for HIV/AIDS preventive education
Fighting HIV/AIDS through preventive education is no single-point programme. UNESCO’s priority in preventive education is directed towards 5 core tasks:
Advocacy at all levels;
Customizing the message;
Changing risk behaviour;
Caring for the infected and affected;
Coping with the institutional impact of HIV/AIDS.
HIV/AIDS and Children
Worldwide, UNAIDS estimates that 3 million children are HIV+ or live with AIDS
Mother to Child transmission - pregnancy, delivery and breastfeeding - ART, caesarian - Antibodies
Worldwide UNAIDS estimates that more than 14 million children under the age of 15 are orphaned due to AIDS
mon Definitions
Orphan -- a child (below age 18) who has lost one or both parents.
Children made vulnerable by HIV/AIDS -- children who:
Have lost one or both parents, or
Have a chronically ill parent, or
Live in a household where at least one adult has been sick for at least 3 months or has died, or
Live outside family care (in institutions or on the street)
Source: Guide to Monitoring National Responses, UNICEF 2005.
Continuum of Impact and Response to HIV/AIDS
Impacts of AIDS on children and young people
Material impact
Psycho-
emotional impact
Social impact
Psycho-emotional impact
Children lose their family unit and ‘’.
Knowledge of parent’s HIV status can result in shock and shame.
Distancing of HIV-positive parents from their children can lead to stress, depression, confusion and a feeling of not being loved.
The stigma of death from AIDS can result in plete mourning.
Social impact
Friends, neighbors, and family members often react strongly against people infected with HIV/affected by AIDS, including their children.
Persons living with HIV/AIDS are often stigmatised, exploited, and marginalised.
Negative reactions are usually based on moral judgments attached to AIDS and on