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Selon les résultats d’une cartographie, réalisé du 16 au 24 août 2014, plus de 140 000 enfants etaient indirectement affectés par la Maladie à Virus Ebola. Cette étude a aussi révélé que ces enfants etaient exposés ou touchés par des situations de traumatisme psychosocial, de séparation familiale, de stigmatisation et de rejet, d’exploitation, de négligence, de déscolarisation et de pauvreté exacerbée.
Au moins 3 700 enfants de Guinée, du Libéria et de la Sierra Leone ont perdu un ou leurs deux parents à cause du virus Ebola depuis le début de l'épidémie en Afrique de l'Ouest, selon les estimations préliminaires de l'UNICEF, et nombre d’entre eux sont rejetés par les membres de leur famille qui ont survécu, par crainte de l'infection.
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The 2014 Ebola Virus Disease outbreak in West Africa is the largest to date by far. Ebola Virus Disease causes disproportionate mortality among the working-age population, resulting in far more mortality for parents of young children than other health crises. This paper combines data on the age distribution of current and projected mortality from Ebola with the fertility distribution of adults in Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone, to estimate the likely impact of the epidemic on the number of orphans in these three countries. Using the latest mortality estimates (…
Protocole de référence et de prise en charge des enfants non-accompagnés/séparés ou guéris d’Ebola autour du Centre de Traitement Ebola de Karakoro /Forécariah
Processus de référencement des enfants dans les Familles d'Accueil Temporaire (FAT).
Schema illustrant les protocoles de référence et de prise en charge des enfants non-accompagnés/séparés ou guéris d’Ebola autour du CTE de Wonkifong/Coyah et du CDT de Karakoro/Forecariah
Protocole de référence et de prise en charge des enfants non-accompagnés/séparés ou guéris d’Ebola autour du Centre de Traitement Ebola de Wonkifong/Coyah
This caregiver guide, which accompanies an illustrated children’s book, is written for the caregivers of children affected by the Ebola crisis. The children's book addresses the themes of fear of Ebola helpers, how to prevent infection, and how to navigate death and grief, stigma and discrimination. The accompanying Caregiver Guide gives tips for talking to children about Ebola. Both are available in English and French. Printed copies or eBooks are available for order at the link above.
In 2013 The Better Care Network and Save the Children UK began an inter-agency initiative to review and share existing knowledge on international volunteerism as related to the alternative care of children in developing countries. This initiative brings together key actors from across the child protection, education, corporate, faith-based and tourism sectors to share their respective experiences and identify global communication and engagement strategies to address the issue.
The purpose of this study was not to conduct formal academic research on the topic of volunteering in…
This draft from the Liberian government outlines the protocol and guidelines for responding to children's care issues in the context of Ebola, specifically for the Interim Care Centers for children who have come into contact with Ebola. The draft provides an introduction to the impact of the Ebola epidemic on children’s care in Liberia, stating that UNICEF estimates approximately 2,000 children in Liberia have lost one or both caregivers to the epidemic. Furthermore, there are thousands of other children who are separated from their families because their parents are in treatment or children…