Nigeria

Demographic Data

  • Total Population: 173,620,000
  • Population under 15: 46%
  • Life Expectancy at Birth: 52.5 years
  • Human Development Index: 152 out of 187
  • World Bank Status: Lower Middle Income
  • HIV/AIDS Prevalence (age 15-49): 3.2%
  • Mean Household Composition: 4.6 persons
  • Female-Headed Households: 19%
  • Early Marriage (% of children married by 18 years): 49%

Sources: World Bank, UNDP, UNAIDS, DHS 2013

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Changing the Way We Care (CTWWC),

A fost efectuată atât analiza ghidurilor naționale cât și internaționale, a proceselor standard de operare, a instrumentelor și a materialelor pentru Managementul de caz (MC) pentru a identifica punctele forte și lacunele.

Changing the Way We Care (CTWWC),

Analiza a vizat revizuirea tuturor categoriilor de servicii sociale pentru copiii și familiile vulnerabile, cu accent specific pe  serviciile de prevenire și răspuns.

Changing the Way We Care (CTWWC),

În perioada ianuarie-iunie 2021, Changing the Way We Care în Moldova, împreună partenerii săi cheie P4EC, CCF și Keystone Moldova, a efectuat șapte studii de cercetare privind diferite elemente ale sistemului de îngrijire și protecție a copiilor din Moldova, care, atunci când sunt citite împreună, oferă o imagine cuprinzătoare a sistemului.

Changing the Way We Care (CTWWC),

Cercetarea a implicat efectuarea unei evaluări a formărilor, competențelor, punctelor forte și lacunelor forței de muncă din serviciile sociale.

Lancet,

Because most COVID-19 deaths occur among adults, not children, attention has been focused, understandably, on adults. However, a tragic consequence of high numbers of adult deaths is that high numbers of children might lose their parents and caregivers to COVID-19, as occurred during the HIV/AIDS, Ebola, and 1918 influenza epidemics. The goal of this report is to shine a bright light on this urgent and overlooked consequence that is harmful for children.

All Things Considered - NPR,

In this segment from All Things Considered, Ailsa Chang speaks with journalist Deepa Fernandes about her two-part investigation for Latino USA into domestic violence survivors who lose their children to the foster care system.

Helen Pidd - The Guardian,

This article from the Guardian highlights findings from the recent Lancet study on minimum estimates of children affected by COVID-19-associated orphanhood and deaths of caregivers.

Global Reference Group on Children Affected by COVID-19: Joint Estimates and Action,

This report presents statistical data from 192 countries on children experiencing COVID-19-associated orphanhood and death of grandparent caregivers, a description of the trends in these data, a real-time COVID-19 Calculator for Death of Parents and Caregivers, and strategies and principles for integrating care for children bereaved by the virus into every nation’s COVID-19 response planning.

Susan D Hillis, H Juliette T Unwin, Yu Chen, Lucie Cluver, Lorraine Sherr, Philip S Goldman, et al - The Lancet,

This study used mortality and fertility data to model minimum estimates and rates of COVID-19-associated deaths of primary or secondary caregivers for children younger than 18 years in 21 countries.

Deepa Fernandes and Victora Estrada - Latino USA,

This two-part investigation looks into Los Angeles County’s Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS), the largest child welfare agency in the U.S., and what happens when the system that is meant to protect these children falls short—and even puts their lives at risk.