Washington D.C., USA, July 2012www.aids2012.org Track D Social Science, Human Rights and Political Science Lead Rapporteur: Bagele Chilisa (Assisted by Leickness Simbayi) Rapporteurs: Ian Hodgson Lucie CluverRichard Wolitski Tirelo ModieFelicita Hikuam Marija PantelicElona Toseka Danielle HaleyShandir Ramlagan Rebecca KubanjiMorten Skovdal

Washington D.C., USA, July 2012www.aids2012.org Children and adolescents: the missing link? ???

Washington D.C., USA, July 2012www.aids2012.org Review of evaluations: PEPFAR’s programs for orphans and vulnerable children 18 Evaluations, 22 Programs 9 Countries – Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Mozambique, Rwanda, Namibia, Zambia, South Africa and Haiti Example: Child Protection impacts, measured in 16 of 18 Studies Home-based visits and household economic strengthening reduce child abuse, stigma and social isolation Psychosocial interventions targeting guardians often benefited orphans and vulnerable children as well Children whose homes had been visited by a volunteer were more likely to have a birth certificate (36% of all children had birth certificates) Home visitor training was associated with improved outcomes

Washington D.C., USA, July 2012www.aids2012.org Child transactional sex in South Africa driven by social risks: parental HIV/AIDS, child abuse and hunger

Washington D.C., USA, July 2012www.aids2012.org “We invest so much in keeping children alive in the first decade of life. We must not lose them in the second.” Anthony Lake Executive Director, UNICEF

Washington D.C., USA, July 2012www.aids2012.org Key populations and the law

Washington D.C., USA, July 2012www.aids2012.org Law and policy have the ability to further marginalise and silence populations living with, affected by and most at risk of HIV. The voice and presence of sex workers and drug users is lacking at this conference, as a direct result of laws that criminalise consensual adult behaviours

Washington D.C., USA, July 2012www.aids2012.org Man et al. Analysis of political governance as a determinant of ART coverage using country level data

Washington D.C., USA, July 2012www.aids2012.org Efficacy of Combined Sexual and Injection Risk Reduction Interventions for Female Sex Workers on the Mexico-US Border: Differential Effects in the Presence of a Community-wide Structural Intervention

Washington D.C., USA, July 2012www.aids2012.org We have realized that social science, biomedical science, advocacy and community programming must work together if we are to turn the tide. We have to turn the tide together Thank You.