Operational guidelines for supporting early child development (ECD) in multi-sectoral HIV/AIDS programs in Africa
Redwood, John III
These guidelines provide direction for incorporating activities directed at infants and young children into HIV/AIDS programs in countries in Africa with a high or low prevalence of HIV/AIDS. In the former, the numbers of affected children are overwhelming. For low-prevalence countries, these guidelines present an opportunity to address the needs of infants and young children effectively before the problem of HIV/AIDS becomes insurmountable. Effective, broad-scale interventions to assure the healthy physical, emotional, and cognitive development of young children are urgently needed in Sub-Saharan Africa. They should be an essential component of any well-designed, integrated national program to prevent and reduce the impact of HIV/AIDS. In this guide, young children affected by HIV/AIDS refers to infants and preprimary school-aged children (0 to approximately 8 years) who are infected with HIV or have been made vulnerable by AIDS because of circumstances in their communities and family.
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