Coordination of Care For Orphan and Vulnerable Children in Nifas Silk Lafto Sub City, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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2021-01
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Abstract
Purpose; The general objective of this study was to assess the provision of Coordination of care
for orphan and vulnerable children (OVC) in the case Nifas Silk Lafto Sub city. The sub city
was chosen based on the service provider’s number in the sub city. According to Ethiopian
SSDGL(2010); the basic needs of the OVCs are (7+1); (1) Shelter and care, (2)Food and
Nutrition, (3) Health care , (4) Economic Empowerment , (5) Psychosocial Support, (6) Legal
Protection and (7) Educational Support, the +1 is the most important component of OVC
service provision which is Coordination of Care this component is all about coordinating
different services for OVC by network building, resource mobilization and referral linkage to
address the whole needs of the OVC. This is because a single sector may not provide all the
identified needs of the OVC so Coordination of care is very important. This study assesses the
provision of coordination of care for OVC in line with the Quality standards of OVC service
provision set by the SSDGL (2010).
Method; the study used both qualitative and quantitative research methods for addressing the
intended purpose. A total of 131 participants participated (114 for quantitative) and (17 for the
.qualitative) One Sample t-test and One way ANOVA was conducted to analyze the quantitative
data.
Result; the study result indicated that across the service providers in the study which are;
Government WYCA, CCC and NGOs there is a statistically significant difference when
comparing their mean score on the quality dimensions. There is capacity gap to perform all the
quality standards. The CCCs needs more capacity building trainings and the government
should support them more. The NGOs in the study scored more on the technical part of the
scale and this shows that the coordination needs more functional network to utilize the existing
professional resource