The Coalition on Children Affected by AIDS is a collective of private and public foundations and re-granting organizations in the North and South. We work to improve the lives of children infected by and affected by HIV/AIDS, aided by key technical experts. For our terms of reference, click here.

CCABA members are private or public foundations and re-granting organizations that make a financial contribution based on a sliding scale. In addition, there is a small group of CCABA members who act as technical experts.

CCABA's Strategic Focus - 2011-2015

In November 2010, CCABA made a decision that new project work will demonstrate how the intersection between and family-centred services, community systems-strengthening in support of children, and social protection for children are the key to achieving an end to vertical transmission by 2015.

CCABA’s Current Projects:

1. Holding a series of meetings on defining the community/supportive environment (family-centred services, community support, social protection) components of the vertical transmission cascade and how these can support the efforts of the health system.
2. Together with The Teresa Group and supported by Global Fund for Children, organizing & holding a children & HIV/AIDS symposium in Washington DC (AIDS 2012). This symposium will take place on July 20th and 21st, 2012 at the Georgetown Conference Center, in Washington. Registration for the symposium will begin in early 2012.
3. Supporting a Senior Vulnerable Children Specialist seconded the Global Fund on AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria and hired with funding from the Swedish International Development Agency. CCABA is sitting on an advisory committee for this position.
4. Helping to support a study being run by University College London and Stellenbosch University in several Eastern and Southern African countries involving a children’s cohort. This study, launched with CCABA's support, will determine what links exist between community-based program interventions aimed at vulnerable children and psychosocial and health outcomes in children.
5. Leading a project to develop international guidelines that will support care workers to manage ethical dilemmas when proving services to especially-marginalized communities (sex workers, drug users, men who have sex with men). This project is being undertaken in partnership with the International Council of AIDS Service Organizations (ICASO), The Global Network of HIV-Positive People (GNP+), the International Network of People who Use Drugs (INPUD), the Global Network of Men who have Sex with Men (GNMSM), and the Global Network of Sex Work Projects. CCABA's interest in this project stems from the strategic objective of reducing the barriers to family-centred services for children.
6. Advocating for activities to highlight children and research on children at AIDS 2012 in Washington.
7. In partnership with the International AIDS Society, CCABA has created The IAS/CCABA Prize for Excellence in Research Related to the Needs of Children Affected by AIDS. This award will be presented for the second time at the CCABA-Teresa Group Symposium and at AIDS 2012 in Washington.