Children and HIV/AIDS: Action Now, Action How (Mexico City, July 2008)

Presentations from “Children and HIV/AIDS: Action Now, Action How” symposium in Mexico City on August 1-2 2008

Presentations are listed below in alphabetical order by first name of presenter. All files are in Adobe Acrobat PDF Format.


Abisheck Musonda
Peer Prevention Strategies – A Case Study of Community Youth Mobilisation


Ahmed Hussein
Process of Developing the National Plans of Action for OVC in Kenya


Ana Escalante
History of a Comprehensive Care Model for HIVAIDS orphaned children and youth living in a permanent shelter in Mexico


Andrew Kiboneka
TASO Paediatric ART program and Child services


Andrew Tomkins
What do Faith Based Organisations Do and Achieve for Orphans and Vulnerable Children?


Angelica Valenzuela
Raising the Profile of HIV Affected Children and Meeting their Needs Today


Anne Lindeberg
Front line organisations and Institutions Growing Stronger Through Evidence-based Practice


Betty Juma
Speak for the Child – Supporting Young Children Affected by HIV and AIDS – Findings, Efforts, Impacts and Costs


Bill Philbrick and Pamela Youngs
Implementing a Comprehensive ECD Model – Findings from Africa


Busi Nkosi, Joan Marston and Eunice Garanganga
Palliative Care for HIV Infected and Affected Children


Carmen Elena Portillo
Incidencia Juvenil en VIH SIDA


Catherine Wilfert
Early Identification of Infected Children Including the Youngest in Need


Choub Sok Chamreun
Practical Guide Working with Orphans and Vulnerable Children in Cambodia


Chris Desmond
Cash Transfers – Sharing the Load – Who Carries What?


Christopher Ngwerume
How Zimbabwes Umbrella Funding has Reached Families and Communities


Christopher Ngwerume
Improving the Coordination of NGO and State-Run Services in Zimbabwe


Connie Malega
Best Evaluatied Frontline Programs – A Government Perspective with Lessons from South Africa


Constance Nyamukapa
Psychosocial Distress in Orphans & Vulnerable Children in Zimbabwe


David Goetghebuer
Patient Support for Children Living with HIV/AIDS


Douglas Webb
Enhanced Protection for Children Affected by AIDS – Development in Social Protection


Douglas Webb
Presentation on Malawis experiences with social cash transfers systems


Eddy Perez-Then
Ecological Model Population-Based Approach to Achieving Equity, Solidarity and Gender Sensitivity in the Dominican Republic


Eleanor Ann Nwadinobi
Models of Protecting and Supporting the Girl Child


Fabienne Hejoaka
Sharing Perspectives from the Field – Disclosure to Children


Health and Development Networks
Symposium Review by Key Correspondents


Helena Huerga
Good Immune Restitution but Unsatisfactory Viral Suppression in Children on ART in Western Kenya


Helene Gayle
Standing Up for Children – Their Needs, Our Responsibilities – CARE


Hoosen Coovadia
PMTCT – A Review of the Past Two Years and the Way Forward


Jackson Thoya
Plan’s Enhanced Protection for Children Affected by HIV and AIDS – Lessons and Best Practices from the Field


Jane Chege
Closing the Gap – What are the Strategies to Bridge the Gap Between Policy, Research and Front-line Organisations?


Jane Chege
The Best Evaluated Programs – Improving the Wellbeing of Children Affected by HIV and AIDS


Jeff Balch
Association of European Parliamentarians for Africa: Parliamentary Action to Secure Early Childhood Rights


Jodie Fonseca
Promoting Community-Based Early Childhood Development – Practical Ideas and Tools from Mozambique


Jorge Pinto
Global Challenges with Pediatric Formulations


Juan Garcia Bonilla
Ideas Jóvenes, Acciones Jóvenes, Cambios Reales


Kanika Bahl
Funder-Civil Society Dialogue on Capacity Building – Clinton Foundation


Karen Day
Pediatric ARV Formulations and Regimes – Still More to Do


Leah Berkowitz Nchabeleng
CARE’s Experience with Cash Transfers


Lily Hailu
Education for All Framework – Dakar 2000 Commitments – Will We Make It By 2015?


Lucie Cluver
Young Carers for AIDS – Unwell Adults – Developing a Support Programme in South Africa


Lynette Mudekunye
Why Care for Children Through Schools? – The South Africa Experience


Mandla Mazibuko
Reducing Exploitive Child Labor in Southern Africa – Save the Children Swaziland


Margaret Irvine
Supporting Families Psychosocially – The Context of Children in South Africa


Maria Mabetoa
Community and Family-based Alternative Care Options for Vulnerable Children in South Africa


Marine Adamyan
World Vision’s HIV Response for Children in Eastern Europe and Central Asia


Mark Connolly
Supporting Low Prevalence Countries – Human Rights First – Access for All


Martha Holly Newsome
Findings from a Child Protection Assessment in the Context of HIV and AIDS in Six African Countries


Martha Holly Newsone, Vivi Stavrou & Edwinah Orowe
Skills-building Session on Adult-Child Partnerships – Lessons Emerging from Consultations Leading up to the RIATT conference “Getting It Right for Children”


Martha Mukaminega
Providing Complex Regimens for PMTCT in Rwanda – Challenges and Lessons Learnt


Mary Tangelder
Beneath the Mask – Evaluation of The Teresa Group’s Leading the Way Support Program from 1998-2006


Maxwell Matewere
About Malawi, About Eye of the Child and About Legal Protection for Children


Michelle Adato
The Case for Cash Transfers – Why Countries Need to Implement Right Now


Miriam Chipimo
HIV Prevention Through Life Saving Skills Education in Malawi


Moira Ngaru
Farm Orphan Support Trust of Zimbabwe’s Work with Children affected by HIV and AIDS


Mulugeta Gebru
The Experience of JeCCDO’s in Deinstitutionalization of Orphanages


Nathan Nshakira
Eliminating Service Bottlenecks – Examples of Getting Non-Cash Resources Down to Families and Communities


Nicol Cave
Soul Buddyz Club and HIV Prevention


Palesa Mphohle
Advocacy Work on Children by Local Organisations and Their Challenges


Pam Picken
The Kusaselihle Integrated Early Childhood Development Initiative in Nkandla, South Africa


Patrice Engle
Psychosocial Care and Treatment for Young Children – Lessons from National Plans of Action


Paul Schaper
Building a Global Solution – Abbott’s Commitment to Pediatric HIV Treatment


Paul Zeitz
What is Advocacy and What is Activism?


Petronella Nyamapfene
How Can In-Country Advocacy Efforts for Children Better Be Supported by the International Community?


Petronella Nyamapfene
Legal Issues Emerging as a Result of HIV AIDS in Zimbabwe


Rachel Yates
“We’ll Always Have Paris” – Aid Effectiveness and the Children Affected by AIDS Response


Rachel Yates
Implementing Cash Transfers – Key Issues, Successes & Challenges


Rafiki Callixte
Street Youth Work by Les Enfants de Dieu, Rwanda


Rodrigo Olin
Peer Education Among Youth in Mexico City


Rouzeh Eghtessadi
Placing Children in the Visibility Zone – a SAFAIDS Approach to Children and HIV Advocacy


Sheila Countinho
Improving the Coordination of NGOs and Government-run Services in Uganda


Sheila Tlou
Political Commitment For an HIV-Free Generation – The Botswana Experience


Sirkka Ausiku
Namibian National Plan of Action for Orphans and Vulnerable Children


Stuart Kean
National Responses for Children Affected by AIDS – Review of Progress and Lessons Learned


Sue Goldstein
Soul Buddyz Club and HIV Prevention


Susan Fox
NGO Code of Good Practice Self Assessment Checklist on Children and HIV


Svitlana Oleksiyenko
Psycho-Social Support for Children with HIV/AIDS in Ukraine Through Day-Care Centers


Tamsen Rochat
Evidence, Practice and Funding – What’s Filtering Up, What is Not and Why Not?


Tania Boler
Strengthening the Role of Schools as Centres of Care and Support


Tomaida Banda
Strengthening the Care Environment of Young Children – Using ECD as An Entry Point


Tshiwela Neluheni
Scaling-up Pediatric Treatment in South Africa


Usa Duonsaa
Community Support to Asian Children


Usha Vatsia
Evidence Review of Child and Youth Participation in Programming for Children Affected by HIV and AIDS


Vineeta Gupta
Global AIDS Response and Low-Prevalence Countries


Vivi Stavrou
Models of Child Participation – Ways to Strengthen Adult-Child Partnerships at International and National Levels


Wairimu Mungai
Disclosure – A Fundamental Component in Pursuing Rights of Children Affected by HIV and AIDS in Kenya


William Oscar Fleming
Early Childhood Development and HIV Programming – Evolving Strategies and Models


Yussuf Ayami
The Faith-based Response – Zambia Interfaith Networking Group on HIV AIDS


Zebib Kavuma
What Has Worked – Inter-faith Collaboration and Coordination