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Case Study
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In the Dominican Republic, two nongovernmental organizations offer comprehensive, integrated HIV and other health services that serve the special n |
Orphans and other vulnerable children (OVC) are susceptible to abuse, exploitation, violence, and neglect and often do not have access to support s |
An example of how assistance can be mobilized from within communities to protect young people’s access to education, Youth Alive Tanzania’s Youth a |
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Little attention is paid to the potential risk of HIV exposure in intergenerational relationships, through which older men offer young women money |
Promising Practice
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MEMA kwa Vijana (MkV), or “Good things for young people,” used a multi-sectoral approach to prevent HIV and improve sexual hea |
In 2005, the first Teen Club for HIV-positive adolescents in Botswana was started at the Botswana-Baylor Children’s Clinical C |
Data have shown that substance use may be a precursor to involvement in sexual behavior, suggesting that substance use prevent |
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Y.E.A.H. is a multi-channel communication campaign for young people that combines mass media, person-to-person, and community |
The CWGH has several programs focused on youth empowerment and health. The OVC program offers OVC youth an opportunity to expr |
The AYA strategy focused on implementing and scaling up a comprehensive set of six integrated adolescent sexual and reproducti |
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The Central Asian Program on AIDS Control and Intervention Targeting Youth and High-Risk Groups (CAPACITY) Project aims to bui |
Population Media Center-Ethiopia developed the Youth-Focused Media Communication Project to promote social response to HIV/AID |
Between July 2004 and July 2005, a research team discussed with girls and women individually and in focus groups the "wayo" sy |
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The Senga Model is a preventative gender technique that utilizes the traditional role of the father's sister, or senga, in edu |
CHAMP is a manual-based program of 10--90-minute sessions delivered over 10 weekends. The sessions were designed to increase H |
The Geração Biz Program was established to respond to the sexual and reproductive health needs of Mozambican youth aged 10 - 2 |
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LoveLife is a comprehensive national-scale HIV prevention program focused specifically on the 12-17 age range. It was launched |
Biruh Tesfa addresses vulnerabilities of migrant adolescent girls who have relocated to urban areas and are at risk of coerced |
HIV Prevention Knowledge Base Entry
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Young people in many countries have unprotected sexual intercourse with one or more partners, potentially exposing themselves to HIV, other sexuall |
HIV programs generally define abstinence as not engaging in sexual intercourse, delaying sexual debut, or, for those who have already been sexually |
Technical Consultation Material
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April 2012, Washington, DC- This meeting, hosted by the PEPFAR Orphans and Vulnerable Children (OVC) and Gender Technical Working Gr |
February 2012, Gabarone, Botswana - The U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief PMTCT/Pediatric Technical Working Group and the Unit |
February 2011, Ghana - Seventy participants from 11 countries with mixed epidemics in sub-Saharan Africa, members of the PEPFAR Technical |
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September 2010, South Africa - This three-day meeting brought together 117 health professionals from 14 countries in Eastern and Southern |
La “Consulta Técnica Regional sobre el Tratamiento Antirretroviral para Latino America y el Caribe” se realizó en Santo Domingo, República Dominica |
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October 2008, Washington, DC - This technical consultation on multiple and concurrent sexual partnerships (MCP) convened researchers, US G |
Report
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Early access to antiretroviral therapy (ART) is particularly important for HIV-infected children. In Nigeria, a disparity exists between pediatric |
In 2011, AIDSTAR-One conducted a rapid assessment of pediatric HIV treatment scale-up in Zambia to better understand the barriers to providing and/ |
This document is intended to explore strategies to protect children orphaned or made vulnerable by HIV (OVC) from abuse, exploitation, violence, a |
Spotlight
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Despite decades of investment in HIV prevention, a large and vulnerable population—adolescent girls—remains invisible, underserved, and at dispropo |
Technical Brief
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As the number of adolescents living with HIV (ALHIV) continues to grow, the need to improve services, policies, and programs intensifies. This tech |
A growing body of research suggests that alcohol consumption is associated with the sexual behaviors that put people at risk for HIV. In develo |
Tools and Curricula
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This series of booklets is designed to aid caregivers of children living with HIV in the step-by-step pediatric disclosure process. The booklets ar |
These technical considerations and accompanying job aids serve as a guide for medical providers to address and respond to the unique needs and righ |
Health Policy Initiative Document
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Description of design and adoption of HIV prevention curricula for Islamic middle schools in East Java, Indonesia. |
This literature and program review focuses on programs to prevent HIV infection among vulnerable female adolescents and the general population—inc |
This brief provides an overview of livelihood programs and HIV/AIDS and provides a list of resources for further information. |
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This guide was drafted by the Botswana Ministry of Health to ensure wider awareness of the OVC Guidelines and Botswana's Children's Act. |
This tool guides users through a series of diagnostic steps to understand how particular groups of adolescent girls are put at risk of HIV infecti |
This document summarizes the process that resulted in the design and validation of two resources developed by HPI | TO1. |
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This brief provides an overview of sustainable livelihood programs and HIV/AIDS and provides a list of resources for further information. |
