This framework and resource guide is intended to help people involved in programs assisting orphans and vulnerable children conduct a situation analysis.

Part 1 of the document discusses the need for family care of children impacted by HIV/AIDS by looking at the universal standards of care, poverty, national policy and donor education.

Discusses findings from a study that examined how to involve youth in the care and support of people living with HIV/AIDS and orphans and vulnerable children.

Explores the specific issues that cluster around the provision of "care" in the context of the global HIV/AIDS pandemic.

Greater Involvement of People Infected and Affected by HIV/AIDS (GIPA) is a concept, which involves theoretical and practical principles to involve People Living with HIV and AIDS (PLHA) in various development activities at all levels.

The study investigates HIV/AIDS as a development challenge in South Africa.

Drawing on an overview of research conducted for WHO's Department of HIV/AIDS, this paper outlines some of the issues that need to be addressed when working on HIV/AIDS prevention with young people.

Of the estimated 42 million people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) at the end of 2002, 19.2 million-or about 45 percent-were women (UNAIDS and World Health Organization [WHO], 2002).

Recent evidence suggests that the burden of new HIV infections in developing countries is concentrated among young people and females.