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In 2005, United States Presidents Emergency Plan for Aids Relief [PEPFAR] defined OVCs as children below the age of 17 who are either orphaned or vulnerable due to HIV and AIDS. Vulnerable children according to PEPFAR are those living in high-risk environment, and whose plan for great future and development become seriously truncated. Children are vulnerable if they are affected by HIV, inadequate adult support, living away from family care, or marginalised/discriminated against.
