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This Technical Paper on Birth Registration was written by Nicola Sharp, Advocacy and Policy Advisor, Plan as background for the Technical Consultation of the Global Partners Forum on Children Affected by HIV and AIDS. The paper provides an introduction to the issue of birth registration and current statistics for different countries. It then highlights barriers to scaling up birth registration...

This paper on Scaling-Up Cotrimoxazole Prophylaxis was written by Dr. R. Zachariah as background for the Technical Consultation of the Global Partners Forum on Children Affected by AIDS. The paper highlights the need for antiretroviral treatment for children and discusses the role of Cotrimoxazole Trimethoprim-Sulfamethoxazole (CTX). The paper then summarises the major barriers preventing th...

This paper on the elimination of school fees is background for the Technical Consultation for the Global Partners Forum on Children Affected by AIDS. It summarises the current state of school in different countries and barriers to eliminating them. These include: - An over-simplistic approach to the issue - Slippage between seeking the elimination of fees and establishing support systems f...

This paper on monitoring and evaluating programmes for children affected by AIDS was produced for the Technical Consultation for the Global Partners Forum on Children Affected by AIDS. The paper outlines the importance of monitoring and evaluation and summarises some of the current challenges, including: - Capacity of organizations to monitor - Time and resources to evaluate - Multi-sector...

This paper summarises experiences from the rapid assessment, analysis and action planning (RAAAP) process underway in sub-Saharan Africa. It is provided as background to the Technical Consultation of the Global Partners Forum on Children Affected by AIDS. Some of the key challenges identified include: Ownership and Sustainability Balancing Macro/Meso/Micro Definitions Target Setting Mob...