The Future of Care and Support for Children Infected and Affected by HIV in India

In March 2011, Alliance India’s child centred care and support programme for families, CHAHA,reached its target of providing services to 64,000 children infected and affected by HIV. The closure of the CHAHA programme roughly coincided with the ending of funding streams for India’s other major care and support programmes for children supported by the Clinton Foundation and FHI. There is a need to understand the impact of these programme closures on children and on the HIV response in India.