Support to children orphaned and made vulnerable by HIV/AIDS

Additional module for inclusion in countries where at least 8% of the children are orphaned or HIV prevalence is over 5%

Household questionnaire

Purpose and definition

• To measure the situation of children orphaned and made vulnerable by HIV/AIDS

• Indicators are specific to children vulnerable because of high levels of adult mortality or adult morbidity. Defined as:– Either or both parents have died– Either or both parents chronically ill– Lives in a household where adult who was

chronically ill has died in prior 12 months– Lives in a household where adult is chronically ill

Indicators

• Prevalence of orphans • Prevalence of vulnerable children• External support• And other indicators comparing the well-

being of OVC versus non-OVC– Education, Sex before age 15, Malnutrition

• For definitions and descriptions of indicators and discussion on definition, see Guide to Monitoring and Evaluating the National Response for Children Orphaned and Made Vulnerable by HIV/AIDS (OVC M&E guide)

Methodological issues

• This definition of OVC is a proxy for children affected by HIV/AIDS and shouldn’t be used to monitor children vulnerable due to other causes

• Check to be sure that enough children will be captured in survey to allow appropriate analysis

• Ask external support questions for all children in household, if any child in the household is an OVC

Questions

• Household roster identifies households where adults are chronically ill and parents outside of households that are chronically ill

• Questions OV1-OV5 filters for households in a vulnerable situation (adult has recently died, is chronically ill, or a child is an orphan

• Questions OV8-OV18 ask about support provided to household for the child

Country specific preparation

• Countries should only add criteria to define vulnerable – none of the criteria should be removed

• Additional criteria can be used to identify children in very vulnerable situations related to HIV/AIDS– Such as in poor households (children in bottom

quintile of wealth index)

• However indicators should be calculated with standard definition in standard tables