Table 1.
Government Response to Orphans and Vulnerable Children in Cameroon and the Central African Sub-Region in 2005
| OVC Programme Effort Index (Out of 100) 1999-2004 | Birth Registration (%) | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Countries in Central Africa | National Situation | Analysis Consultative Process | Coordinating Plan | National Action Plan | Policy | Legislative Review | M & E | Resources | Total OVC Index Score | Total | Urban | Rural |
| Cameroon | 33 | 28 | 60 | 36 | 8 | 18 | 5 | 25 | 27 | 79 | 94 | 73 |
| CAR | 8 | 68 | 20 | 97 | 68 | 30 | 14 | 70 | 47 | 73 | 88 | 63 |
| Chad | 86 | 28 | 0 | 26 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 26 | 25 | 53 | 18 |
| Congo | 13 | 51 | 84 | 65 | 73 | 0 | 17 | 48 | 44 | - | - | - |
| DRC | 59 | 72 | 20 | 59 | 58 | 20 | 46 | 48 | 48 | 34 | 30 | 36 |
| EG | 8 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 24 | 10 | 7 | 53 | 14 | 32 | 43 | 24 |
| Gabon | 82 | 78 | 30 | 81 | 13 | 0 | 24 | 55 | 45 | 89 | 90 | 87 |
| STP | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 70 | 73 | 67 |
CAR: Central African Republic, DRC: Democratic Republic of Congo; STP: Sao Tome and Principe; EQ: Equatorial Guinea, M& E: Monitoring and Evaluation.
Source [40].
Note: The OVC programme effort index measures the policy and the programme response to the crisis facing orphans and vulnerable children. It consists of 120 simple questions that were asked to task forces on orphaned and vulnerable children in 36 countries. An example of the index can be found in A Guide to Monitoring and Evaluation of the National Response for Children Orphaned and Made Vulnerable by HIV and AIDS(UNICEF et al., 2005).Based on self- reported responses.
-Indicates no data available.