Kenya

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Country data

Editors' pick
Kenya National AIDS Strategic Plan 2009/10 – 2012/13 - Delivering on Universal Access to Services

This Strategic Plan, whose clarion call is “Delivering on Universal Access to Services”, aims to achieve Kenya’s Universal Access targets for quality integrated services at all levels to prevent new HIV infections, reduce HIV-related illnesses and deaths, and mitigate the effects of the epidemic on households and communities. This plan will deliver on Vision 2030, as well as realise the targets set by the United Nations General Assembly for scaling up HIV prevention, treatment, care and support, and mitigation of its socio-economic impacts. This Strategic Plan will also enable Kenya to achieve Millennium Development Goal (MDG) 6.

Type Country data
Published November 2009
Language English
Topics Policy

Guidelines

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Guidelines for antiretroviral therapy in Kenya - 4 th edition 2011

These evidence-based guidelines relect emerging clinical and scientiic advances in HIV Prevention, Care and Treatment and related specialities as of the date issued.

Type Guidelines
Published 2011
Author National AIDS/STI Control Program (NASCOP), Kenya
Language English
Topics Treatment guidelines

Case Studies

Editors' pick
Getting in the Door: Home-Based HIV Testing and Counseling in Kenya

Home-based HIV testing and counseling (HBHTC) has emerged as a promising approach to meet the Kenyan government’s challenge—that 80 percent of all Kenyans to know their HIV status by the end of 2013. By using rapid tests, HIV programs are able to offer HTC services to individuals and families within the privacy and convenience of their own homes. Furthermore, HBHTC provides an entry point at the community level for referrals and integration of other health messages, such as family planning, tuberculosis screening, and malaria prevention. This case study provides program planners, implementers, and decision makers with examples of strategies and approaches for ensuring quality in HBHTC.

Type Case Studies
Published January 2012
Posted by AIDSTAR-One
Language English
Topics Promoting HIV testing, Testing policies and guidelines
Integrating Family Planning and HIV Services - Programs in Kenya and Ethiopia Lead the Way

In regions of high fertility and HIV prevalence, integration of family planning and HIV services has emerged as a promising strategy to prevent transmission of HIV, particularly from mother to child. This case study explores different models of integration and how they have been realized in Kenya and Ethiopia, two pioneers in family planning and HIV service integration.

Type Case Studies
Published March 2011
Posted by AIDSTAR-One
Language English
Topics Prevention of mother-to-child transmission, Reproductive health
Provider initiated testing and counseling (PITC) and the Private Sector

Despite scale-up of HIV testing and counseling (HTC) interventions mostly involving voluntary counseling and testing (VCT) or client-initiated testing and counseling sites, HTC uptake and individual knowledge of HIV status in many countries remains low. Provider initiated testing and counseling (PITC) is an emerging model of HTC that aims to increase testing rates. The private sector provides a significant portion of care in resource-poor countries, yet these providers are often left out of training or other capacity building efforts, which can affect a country’s ability to effectively implement and expand health services, such as PITC. To our knowledge, APHIA II Western is one of few programs engaging private providers in PITC efforts. Lessons learned from this project can be applied to other countries seeking to initiate, roll-out, or expand PITC activities.

Type Case Studies
Published December 2010
Posted by AIDSTAR-One
Language English
Topics Delivery of care, Promoting HIV testing

Technical Reports

Strengthening Strategic Health Information Systems in Kenya's North Eastern Province

Running from 2007- 2012, APHIAplus NAL has laid the foundation for the use of data for decision making at facility, district, provincial, and national levels. With a mandate to improve the quality of service delivery, building strategic health information systems capacity was integral to the APHIAplus NAL strategy. This technical brief discusses steps taken by the project to meet challenges to the use of strategic health information in Kenya’s North Eastern Province, and provides recommendations for future similar efforts in comparable contexts.

Type Technical Reports
Published July 2012
Language English
Topics Delivery of care

Capacity Building

Reaching drug users: A toolkit for outreach services

This guide provides tips on how to do outreach work among communities of people who use drugs, in particular among injecting drug users. It includes suggestions on how to optimise the number of clients served by each outreach worker, in order to ensure cost effectiveness.

Type Capacity Building
Published 06 February 2013
Author International HIV/AIDS Alliance
Language English
Topics Injecting drug use, Injecting drug users
Addressing HIV and Gender from the Ground Up in Kenya - A Program to Build the Capacity of Civil Society Organizations in Kenya

In Kenya, the government's work against HIV is supplemented frequently by civil society organizations (CSOs). These organizations, however, are often faced with a lack of available funding and knowledge. The Maanisha Community Focused Initiative, a program that works in many of Kenya's provinces, works to provide CSOs with both grants and capacity building in all HIV program areas while simultaneously addressing multiple gender-related issues.

Type Capacity Building
Published November 2011
Posted by AIDSTAR-One
Language English
Topics Behaviour change interventions
 

Videos from Kenya

Training Midwives to Save Lives

Posted on: 19 Mar 2013 by African Medical & Research Foundation (AMREF)

The Children's Parliament

Posted on: 15 Mar 2013 by African Medical & Research Foundation (AMREF)

AMREF Introduction

Posted on: 14 Mar 2013 by African Medical & Research Foundation (AMREF)

ICROSS Water Disinfection Research in Kenya,Africa

Posted on: 11 Jul 2012 by ICROSS International

ICROSS The „Forgotten Place"

Posted on: 11 Jul 2012 by ICROSS International

ICROSS „When you die in Africa"

Posted on: 11 Jul 2012 by ICROSS International

Starting a New Day

Posted on: 26 Mar 2012 by Kenyatta National Hospital
 

Blogs from Kenya

ICROSS International

WORLD TOILET DAY ICROSS
Posted on 20 Nov 2012

ICROSS has been improving sanitation for 33 years and works on improving access to water. World Toilet day is a reminder for people, a chance to share the problem. In ...

Kenya Hospices and Palliative Care Association

From nursing instructor to Hospice CEO
Posted on 13 Mar 2013

Mrs. Saraphina Gichohi, is the Chief Executive Officer of Nyeri Hospice with over 11 years experience in palliative care and over 15 years experience in nursing and teaching in medical ...

Kenya Legal and Ethical Issues Network on HIV and AIDS (KELIN)

Kuria Women Empowered to Champion for Their Rights
Posted on 24 Feb 2013

KELIN’s Mr. Francis Rakewa explains to participants the link between HIV and human rights. Credit: KELIN/Melba Katindi “When I came to this training I did not know my rights ...