The PACT Endeleza project aims to strengthen the prevention and management of STI, HIV and AIDS by establishing sustainable community activities and quality services for key populations in rural and urban Kenya to better help them serve mobile populations at risk of poor treatment outcomes.
Objectives
- Support transition of adult populations to more effective antiretroviral regimens and establish functional viremia clinics.
- Scale-up differentiated care models for the various populations, including multi-month dispensing, institution of robust patient support systems, structure counselling, and patient tracking systems.
- Provide voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) services.
- Provide HIV prevention services to female sex workers and men who have sex with men.
The project provides services for Key populations (KPs) and Priority Populations in Kenya. This includes:
– Female Sex Workers (FSW)
– Adolescent girls and young women (AGYW)
– Men who have sex with men (MSM)
The project implemented through PHDA managed SWOP clinics, deliver a wide range of sexual and reproductive health interventions aimed at meeting KP specific needs. This approach is augmented by their efforts to address structural barriers related to violence, stigma, and poverty.
Through the 7 SWOP clinics, the project continues to offer HIV prevention services to 45000 female sex workers, 3000 MSM, and 1000 AGYW. The clinics also offer HIV testing services (HTS) and linkage to ART for key population members living with HIV. This has ensured that we meet the UNAIDS targets of 90-90-90 by 2020.
Project Initiated in 2016
Project Initiated in 2016.
Partnerships
University of Maryland and the University of Manitoba with funding support from the CDC.