tailieunhanh - Situational analysis of orphaned and vulnerable children in eight Zimbabwean districts

The AIDS pandemic negatively affects OVC. The situation has been heightened by the deteriorating economic situation in Zimbabwe and the weakening of support structures at all levels, that is, at individual, family, and community level. Although OVC support services were in place, these were largely overwhelmed and could not meet OVC material and psychosocial needs. | Situational analysis of orphaned and vulnerable children in eight Zimbabwean districts Biomedical Research and Training Institute in collaboration with the National Institute of Health Research of the Ministry of Health and Child Wellfare Free download from Biomedical Research and training Institute WK. KELLOGG FOUNDA1 ION From Vision io Innovahv IMPACI IISRC 0 Free download from This work was made possible through funding provided by the World Health Organization WHO via Lancaster University. It was undertaken as work for the Social Exclusion Knowledge Network SEKN established as part of the WHO Commission on the Social Determinants of Health CSDH . The views presented in this report are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the decisions policy or views of WHO or CSDH commissioners. Published by HSRC Press Private Bag X9182 Cape Town 8000 South Africa First published 2008 ISBN 978-0-7969-2234-2 2008 Human Sciences Research Council Print management by Greymatter Finch Printed by RSA Litho Cover image David Larsen The Media Bank . Young children at Chimbuwe Primary School in the Kaitano area Zambezi Valley Zimbabwe. Distributed in Africa by Blue Weaver Tel 27 0 21 701 4477 Fax 27 0 21 701 7302 Distributed in Europe and the United Kingdom by Eurospan Distribution Services EDS Tel 44 0 20 7240 0856 Fax 44 0 20 7379 0609 Distributed in North America by Independent Publishers Group IPG Call toll-free 800 888 4741 Fax 1 312 337 5985 CONTENTS Free download from List of tables and figures vii Acknowledgements viii Contributors ix Acronyms and abbreviations x Executive summary xii Chapter I Introduction I HIV AIDS and the OVC problem in Zimbabwe 1 Responses to HIV AIDS and the OVC problem 3 Background to the OVC project 6 Goals and aims of the OVC project 6 Objectives of the situational analysis .