Facilitator Youth Global Platform on HIV/AIDS

"Until recently, most OVC intervention has been community driven, where extended families offer care and support to the children related to them. However, these interventions have been a piecemeal, as it does not reflect with the size or scope of the problem that OVC portend to the nation. In the absence of protected environment of their homes, orphaned children face an increased risk of violation of their human right. Those living with adopted families might be malnourished or underweight when compared to non orphans of the same age bracket. Evidence based study stated that in the absence of HIV/AIDS, OVC decline would be expected, due to recent improvements in adult survival rate as a result of better public health and medical care, nutrition and environmental situation in the country. However, this evidence failed to lay more emphasis to the fact that due to institutional structure of Nigeria the urban domain enjoys more health care services and its awareness than the rural inhabitants, therefore, even in the absence of HIV/AIDS the health of an OVC in the rural area still remains in jeopardy. This is because there is no active policy on the ground to cater for them and socioeconomic stress due the loss of one or both parents as financial providers."

Eloke Onyebuchi
Facilitator Youth Global platform on Hiv/aids
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