The integrated management of acute malnutrition (IMAM) strategy focuses on integrating nutrition into routine health services including HIV care and treatment. AIDSRelief, in partnership with the Clinton Foundation, adopted IMAM to mitigate the impact of malnutrition in Ugandan children.
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Orphans and vulnerable children (OVC) are economically, emotionally and physically vulnerable because their parental safety net has been broken, so how do we improve the lives of OVC through protection activities? This fact sheet outlines the variety of child protection interventions implemented by CRS and partners through the PEPFAR-funded OVC program.
Individual counseling for orphans and vulnerable children (OVC) is not possible and may not even be necessary for each child, so how do we improve the emotional, mental and spiritual lives of OVC? This fact sheet outlines the broad forms of psychosocial support that are provided by CRS and partners through the PEPFAR-funded OVC program.
CRS has been supporting a President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) antiretroviral therapy program at Bethel Clinic, operated by The Salvation Army, in the Nippes Department of Haiti since 2004. In 2006 the PEPFAR OVC program began discussing a joint OVC/ART program which would promote high quality health care for all children living with HIV-infected adults. The integration of these programs was intended to enhance CRS-Haiti’s ability to provide a continuum of care for people living with HIV and AIDS within a community setting. This fact sheet outlines the process and outcomes of integration of these programs in Haiti.
CRS Botswana and its local partner, the Catholic Vicariate of Francistown, used the OVC Wellbeing Tool (OWT) to establish a baseline and program design for their OVC activities. In 2009 the OWT was administered to assess program impact among orphaned or vulnerable youth.
