International policy networks

Interagency Task team on Children and AIDS ( IATT) - specifically aims to promote coordination and harmonization of policy guidance and programming , to advocate, both internally and externally for accelerated implementation of evidence-informed interventions to promote the development and sharing of technical and programming information and support and broaden networking and collaboration.

International policy frameworks

Framework for the Protection, Care and Support of Orphans and Vulnerable Children Living in a World with HIV and AIDS (2004).

Enhanced Protection for Children Affected by AIDS: A Companion Paper to The Framework for the Protection, Care and Support of Orphans and Vulnerable Children Living in a World with HIV and AIDS, UNICEF.

Policy reports and presentations

Agenda for Accelerated Country Action for Women, Girls, Gender Equality and HIV (2010-2014)

International technical guidance on sexuality education: An evidence-informed approach for schools, teachers and health educators

Home Truths: Facing the Facts on Children, AIDS, and Poverty Joint Learning Initiative on Children and HIV/AIDS JLICA , 2009.

HIV/AIDS: Bridging Research and Policy Bridging the Gap between Research and Policy in Combating HIV/AIDS in Developing Countries.

UNICEF technical and policy documents page

Children and AIDS: Fourth Stocktaking Report 2009, UNICEF.

HelpAge policy reports including Forgotten families: Older people as carers of orphans and vulnerable children. HelpAge and International HIV/AIDS Alliance, 2003.

No small issue: Children and families: Plenary Presentation at the XVII International AIDS Conference, “Universal Action Now”, Mexico City, 6 August 2008 Linda Richter HRSC and Bernard Van Leer Foundation.

National Plan of Action for OVC, Cambodia, 2008-10

Ethiopia

National Guidelines for HIV/AIDS and Nutrition 2008

Ghana

National Plan of Action for Orphans and Vulnerable Children 2010-2012

Education sector HIV/AIDS policy

Guyana

Education sector school health, nutrition and HIV/AIDS startegic plan 2008-2012

India

Children and AIDS Policy Framework
This policy framework provides guidance to each ministry for undertaking detailed planning of programme activities in order to scale up interventions. Operational guidelines have been developed to guide such programming and scale up. NACO 2007. 

Antiretroviral Therapy Guidelines for HIV-Infected Adults and Adolescents including Post-exposure Prophylaxis. These guidelines are intended to assist physicians prescribing ART.

Kenya

Government of Kenya’s National Plan of Action on Orphans and Vulnerable Children (OVC). The Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Development, through the Department of Children Services, found it necessary to develop this document as a response to the ever increasing orphans and vulnerable children country wide.

Myanmar

National Plan of Action for Children 2006-2015

Namibia

The First Annual Progress Report  on the National Plan of Action for Orphans and other vulnerable children in Nambia. 2008

The Government of Namibia developed the National Plan of Action for Orphans and Vulnerable Children (NPA for OVC) to supplement the National Policy on Orphans and Vulnerable Children of 2004. The NPA was launched by the Prime Minister in October 2007. This is the first annual progress report on the NPA. 
 

Nigeria

Nigeria OVC National Plan of Action
The national OVC Plan of Action provides key actions for scaling up OVC support in six technical components i.e. service delivery environment, education, health, household level care and economic strengthening, psychosocial needs and social protection and monitoring and evaluation framework.

National Guidelines and Standards of Practice on Orphans and Vulnerable Children
The National Government of Nigeria has produced the National Guidelines and Standards of Practice on Orphans and Vulnerable Children to provide comprehensive, efficient and effective care, support and protection of
orphans and vulnerable children in Nigeria

Monitoring and Evaluation Plan for Nigeria OVC Plan of Action

Papua New Guinea

National Strategic Plan, 2006-10, Papua New Guinea 

Rwanda

National Policy for Orphans and Other Vulnerable Children, Ministry Of Local Government, Information and Social Affairs Rwanda, 2003.

Uganda

Advocacy with and for Orphans and Other Vulnerable Children: Findings from Qualitative Research in Uganda, MGLSD 2007.

National Orphans and Vulnerable Children Policy, MGLSD 2004.

South Africa

Policy framework for orphans and other children made vulnerable by HIV and AIDS. South African Government, Department of Social Development. July 2005.

National Policy on HIV/AIDS, for Learners and Educators in Public Schools and Students and Educators in Further Education and Training. August 1999.

Swaziland

National Plan of Action for Orphans and Vulnerable Children 2006-2010, The Kingdom of Swaziland.

Trinidad and Tobago

Education Sector policy on HIV and AIDS. The Government of Trinidad and Tobago has developed a National Strategic Plan (NSP) which aims to reduce the incidence of HIV infections in T&T and to mitigate the negative impact of HIV and AIDS on persons infected and affected in T&T.

Zimbabwe

National Plan of Action for Orphans and Vulnerable Children. Zimbabwe 2004

Child Friendly Version of the National Plan of Action for Zimbabwe. 2004

Interagency Task Team on Children and HIV and AIDS

National responses for children affected by AIDS: Review of progress and lessons learned, IATT working group on National Plans of Action, August 2008.

UNICEF UK has recently launched the 'Put it Right ' campaign which tells the stories of 7 children who are denied their rights to education, health, clean water, protection and a childhood.