African Network For The Care of Children Affected by HIV/ AIDS (ANECCA)

Project background
ANECCA (African network for Care of Children Affected by HIV/AIDS) was established in the year 2001 in response to the growing recognition that in Africa, the needs of children affected by HIV/AIDS had largely been neglected.

To address this problem, ANECCA brings together clinicians and social scientists committed to finding ways of improving the quality of clinical and non-clinical care of children affected by HIV/AIDS, in the Africa region.

The Network efforts are targeted at tapping into existing local resources to increase access to, and improving the quality of care provided to HIV affected children in Africa.

Partnerships and collaborations

Muk-school of public health, Africa 2010, CRS, Baylor College of pediatrics, .

Goals and objectives

To promote linkages between Maternal and Child Health (MCH) and PMTCT programs to strengthen follow up care for infants exposed to HIV, as well as their mothers.

To promote the quality of care for HIV/AIDS infected and affected children by:

Advocating for and facilitating provision of universal access to Early Diagnosis of paediatric HIV infection, especially in infants younger than 18 months of age.

Identifying and building consensus on standards of care, including guidelines for early initiation of treatment and care for infants/children infected with HIV.

Identification, documentation and dissemination of information on model care programs.

Advocating for and providing support and technical assistance to scale up training of all categories of health workers in comprehensive paediatric HIV/AIDS care.

Advocating for policies that improve increased access to quality paediatric HIV care.

To promote networking between providers in Africa so as to share information, specialized knowledge and best practices for paediatric HIV/AIDS prevention and care, treatment and support.

To advocate for programs and policies that address the special needs of HIV/AIDS affected children and adolescents, as well as prevention of horizontal infection in these age groups.

To promote collaborative research on critical issues in HIV/AIDS prevention and care and treatment for African children and adolescents.

To provide support and technical assistance to network members and/or various institutions for improvement of paediatric AIDS care.

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Human Rights and Good Governance Program (HRGGP)

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