OVC Toolkit

WHAT DO I NEED TO DO?
ØDeveloping OVC Policies
ØBackground data
ØConsulting with stakeholders
ØDeciding what to do
ØCommon pitfalls
ØTargeting
ØMonitoring and evaluation
ØRoles and responsibilities
ØCosting issues

WHAT'S SPECIAL ABOUT MY SECTOR?

Background Research and Secondary Data Sources

Early in your research, you should get an overview of the status of children in your target country. You will find basic data in the following sources: State of the World's Children's Statistics Annex; the Demographic and Health Surveys' (DHS) Stat Compiler on Macro International's website; or the Children on the Brink (Warning: Downloads very slowly!) report from UNICEF/UNAID/USAID. In country, consult with the National Institute of Statistics and UNICEF in order to identify additional data resources. UNICEF periodically publishes country-specific reports on the status of women and children.

The table below suggests some core indicators for your data collection, lists the average indicator values for Sub-Saharan Africa, and provides a link to a resource that will give you the corresponding figure for your target country, or the data needed to calculate this figure. As you gather data, you can fill in the table and see how children in your target country compare with the average for children in Sub-Saharan Africa.

INDICATOR	SSA	YOUR COUNTRY
Fertility rate	5.5	SOWC Table 6
*More detail on fertility*		DHS Stat Compiler*
Infant mortality rate	106	SOWC Table 1
Under 5 mortality	174	SOWC Table 1
% of infants with low birth weight	14	SOWC Table 2
Underweight, moderate	29	SOWC Table 2
Underweight, severe	8	SOWC Table 2
Wasting, moderate and severe	9	SOWC Table 2
Stunting, moderate and severe	38	SOWC Table 2
*More detail on nutrition*		DHS Stat Compiler*
HIV/AIDS rate	9	SOWC Table 4
HIV rate in pregnant women	10.2	SOWC Table 4
*More detail on HIV/AIDS*		DHS Stat Compiler*
Maternal mortality ratio, 2000 adjusted	940	SOWC Table 8
Orphans as % of all children	12.3	Children on the Brink
Orphans as % of all children, projection 2010	12.0	Children on the Brink
Double orphans rate	2.2	Children on the Brink
AIDS orphans rate	3.4	Children on the Brink
% of AIDS orphans of all orphans	28	Children on the Brink
% of double orphans due to AIDS off all double orphans	59	Children on the Brink
% of children orphaned in 2003	1.5	Children on the Brink
Double-orphan school attendance rate	80	SOWC Table 4
Orphans residence and survival status of the parents (orphans in family care)		Check with the attached table or create your own with the DHS Stat Compiler*
- Living with mother, father dead	4.3
- Living with father, mother dead	1.3
- Living with neither, father alive	1.1
- Living with neither, mother alive	1.7
*Orphans residence and survival status of the parents on gender, age group or urban/rural*
Foster child rates		Check with the attached table or create your own with the DHS Stat Compiler*
- Living with neither parents, both alive	10.3
*More detail on foster children*		DHS Stat Compiler*
Net primary school attendance	59	SOWC Table 1
Net primary school attendance, boys	58	SOWC Table 5
Net primary school attendance, girls	54	SOWC Table 5
% of enrolled reaching 5th grade (survey)	82	SOWC Table 5
*More detail on education*		DHS Stat Compiler*
Child labor rate	34	SOWC Table 9
Child soldiers		Find your country on this list of: Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers, 2004
Worst forms of child labor		Every Child Counts
*More detail on child labor*		Country Statistics at UCW
Female genital mutilation	39	SOWC Table 9
*More detail on female genital mutilation*		DHS Stat Compiler*
Internally displaced people	Find your country in the Global IDP Database
Refugee situation	Find your country in Refugees by Numbers

*DHS Stat Compiler: select your region, your country, your indicator cluster and your indicators. The compiler does the job for you.

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