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Children and HIV: Family Support First - Working Together to Achieve Universal Support and Access to Treatment Symposium
Vienna, Austria - July 16th & 17th 2010
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Children and HIV: Family Support First - Working Together to Achieve Universal Support and Access to Treatment Symposium

The Coalition on Children Affected by AIDS is a collective of private and public foundations and re-granting organizations in the North and South. We work to improve the lives of children infected by and affected by HIV/AIDS, aided by key technical experts. For our terms of reference, click here.

Members of CCABA are defined as private or public foundations and re-granting organizations. And make a financial contribution based on a sliding scale. In addition, CCABA maintains a broad list of technical advisors.

CCABA’s Projects Since 2008:

In August and October 2008, CCABA held working meetings to decide its agenda for the next two years. Since then, CCABA has been working on the following projects:

  1. Together with The Teresa Group, organizing & holding a children & HIV/AIDS symposium called “Children and HIV: Family Support First - Working Together to Achieve Universal Support and Access to Treatment”. This symposium will take place on July 16 & 17, 2010 at the Austria Center in Vienna, Austria. Registration for the symposium is now open - click here.
     
  2. Helping to launch a study to be run by University College London and Stellenbosch University in several Eastern and Southern African countries involving a children’s cohort. This study will determine what links exist between community-based program interventions aimed at vulnerable children and psychosocial and health outcomes in children.
     
  3. Holding a series of meetings on evidence behind effective family-based care models. At these meetings, which took place in October 2009 in Nairobi and February 2010 in Geneva, commissioned academic papers were presented.
     
    *NEW* CCABA has supported the publication of a special issue of the on-line Journal of the International AIDS Society (JIAS) - Family-Centred Services for Children Affected by AIDS. To access the online version of the journal, click here.
     
    The print version of this special issue will be launched at Children and HIV: Family Support First, the CCABA-Teresa Group symposium taking place before AIDS 2010 in Vienna.
     
  4. Brokering the hiring of a Vulnerable Children Specialist at the Global Fund on AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, with funding from the Swedish International Development Agency, and assisted by HelpAge International. CCABA is sitting on an advisory committee for this position.
     
  5. Advocating for activities to highlight children and research on children at AIDS 2010 in Vienna.
     
    AIDS 2010 Children’s Roadmap: *NEW* CCABA has produced a specialized program of all sessions and presentations focusing on children at AIDS 2010 in Vienna. To download a PDF version, click here.
     
  6. In partnership with the International AIDS Society, CCABA has created the first-ever child-focused research award to be presented at AIDS 2010 in Vienna - The IAS/CCABA Prize for Excellence in Research Related to the Needs of Children Affected by AIDS.
     
    *NEW* This $2,000 prize will be awarded during the closing session of Children and HIV: Family Support First at the Austria Center in Vienna, on July 17th, between 16:15 – 17:30, and again during the plenary session on Thursday July 22nd at AIDS 2010 (location: Reed Messe Wien).