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HIV/AIDS
3 CG Briefs on Early Childhood and HIV/AIDS:
Early Childhood and HIV/AIDS Working Group
The CG works actively to identify gaps, critical issues and emerging areas of need and interest related to ECCD.
One such gap -- and therefore a high priority -- to the CG consortium is the virtual absence of attention to and information on the impact of HIV/AIDS to children under the age of 8 and particularly under the age of 5 and their various caregivers.
The current purpose of this Working Group is to r aise the profile of the care and support needs of young children affected by HIV/AIDS.
Key Activitites:
A new workplan is currently being developed and will be presented at the CG Annual Consultation in October 2007, Santiago. This includes developing an advocacy toolkit in preparation for the 2008 International AIDS conference (see details below).
Key Linkages:
Key Upcoming Events:
| Mexico City, Mexico |
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The world’s largest HIV/AIDS conference brings together scientists, politicians, activists, civil society leaders, and those living with HIV/AIDS. The AIDS 2008 conference will explore vital and current scientific research, as well as stimulate productive dialogue on the major challenges facing the global response to AIDS. The conference will include a variety of sessions to support the expansion of delivering HIV prevention and treatment to communities worldwide. In addition, continued attention will be given to the dangers of HIV-related stigma, discrimination and misinformation. Other activities include, satellite meetings, exhibitions, the Global Village, and the Cultural Programme. Central to many of these sessions will be the transfer of knowledge and sharing of best practices. |
Key Resources
- Coordinators' Notebook No. 26 (2003): HIV/AIDS and Early Childhood
- Building Blocks Africa-wide briefing notes - Young Children and HIV:Strengthening family and community support
This 40-page briefing note identifies issues, principles and strategies both for care and treatment of young children with HIV and addressing the broader developmental needs of children affected by the pandemic
- Where the Heart Is:
Meeting the Psychosocial Needs of Young Children in the Context of HIV/AIDS: Linda Richter, Geoff Foster, Lorraine Sherr (Bernard van Leer Foundation).
- Toolkit for Preparing the Best Conference Abstracts, Presentations & Posters Edition 2
A Toolkit for people working in the HIV/AIDS field and others considering attending the International AIDS Conference in Mexico City, Aug.2008. It will help you develop a presentation that goes beyond the description of your work or research and write an abstract that is clear, concise and interesting.
- Young children, HIV/AIDS and gender: A summary review
Attitudes towards gender that are inculcated in early childhood can play a significant role in creating adult behaviours that lead to the spread of HIV/AIDS. This working paper, Young children, HIV/AIDS and gender: A summary review explores how to use the early years to lay the foundations for HIV/AIDS prevention.
- The Way the Money Goes
The fourth of a dedicated “Early Childhood and HIV/AIDS” sub-series in the long-standing Working Papers in ECD series, the first three being Working Papers 33-35. The Way the Money Goes examines the ways in which HIV/AIDS funding is disbursed and the reasons why only a small amount is spent on addressing the needs of young children. It identifies strategies for advocating for a greater priority to be given to young children in HIV/AIDS funding decisions.
- Young Children and HIV/AIDS: Mapping the field
The first in a dedicated sub-series of working papers (33) devoted to young children and HIV/AIDS, this paper offers a concise and comprehensive overview of the literature from a psychological perspective. It explores a range of issues in emotional, psychological, social and physical development, and their relation to broader issues including poverty, nutrition and human rights. It idenifies gaps in knowledge and will help funders, policy makers and practitioners to locate their own work in the bigger picture.
- HIV and young children: An annotated bibliography on psychosocial perspectives
February 2005
The second in a dedicated sub-series of working papers devoted to young children and HIV/AIDS, this annotated bibliography offers a practical guide to the content of the references which informed the literature review presented in Working Paper 33 (Young Children and HIV/AIDS: Mapping the Field). It is intended to help readers who want to go deeper into the issues and explore the original source material.
- HIV/AIDS: What about very young children?
Young children impacted by HIV/AIDS often seem to be almost invisible in the wider HIV/AIDS field. Yet no affected group is more vulnerable, more deserving or has greater potential to benefit from proper programming. The third in a dedicated sub-series of working papers devoted to young children and HIV/AIDS, this paper presents the results of research into the question of how to include very young children in programming and policy responses in HIV/AIDS affected communities.
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