Resources on ECD and HIV/AIDS

• The Operational Guidelines for ECD in MAP projects
• HIV AIDS and Early Childhood 2002 Issue 26 of the Coordinators Notebook by the Consultative Group on Early Child Care and Development
• Assessment and improvement of care for AIDS-affected children under age 5 (AED Ready to Learn) This paper (PDF format) presents current knowledge about the caring situation of AIDS-affected children under 5 years of age, pre-existing tools relevant for assessing young child care, and new assessment tools specifically targeted to assessing the care of AIDS-affected children under 5.
• Speak for the Child Project  in Kenya by AED and USAID
• The Effects of HIV/AIDS on Early Childhood 2001 from UNICEF's The State of the World's Children.
• Children on the Brink (2004) UNICEF, UNAIDS, and USAID. Features new estimates on orphans and a framework for action and a special section on young children ages 0 to 5.
• There's Room in my Class: Preschool Children with Chronic and Terminal Conditions An EDC publication that offers a technical report which provides helpful information about including preschool children with chronic or terminal conditions in regular education classrooms.

Selected World Bank Publications on HIV AIDS and OVC:

• Reaching Out Africa's Orphans: a framework for public action (2004)
• Aids-Induced Orphanhood as a Systemic Shock: Magnitude, impact, and program intervention (2003) World Development Vol. 31, No. 7, pp. 1201-1220
• Social Protection of Africa's Orphans and Other Vulnerable Children (2001) World Bank Africa Region Human Development Working Paper Series

Other Related documents :

• Conducting a Situational Analysis of Orphans and Vulnerable Children Affected by HIV/AIDS 2004 USAID. a framework and a resource guide
• Guidelines for Counselling Children who are infected and affected by HIV/AIDS 2003. Produced by the Southern Africa Training Program and funded by CIDA.
• Africa's Orphaned Generation   2003 UNICEF
• AIDS, Public Policy, and Child Wellbeing 2000 UNICEF
• Principles and Strategies to Reduce the impacts of Children and Families 2000. John Williamson for USAID Displaced Children and Orphans Fund Report
• Planning for Chidren Whose Parents are Dying of HIV/AIDS. 1999 Published by the Academy of American Pedriatics
• USAID Project Profiles Children Affected by HIV/AIDS 2003. Includes specific projects on young children in Kenya and Malawi.
• Eastern and Southern Africa Regional Workshop on Orphans & Vulnerable Children 2000. Workshop report from the USAID/UNICEF-supported workshop in Lusaka

 Related sites:

• The Synergy Project