{"id":3225,"date":"2025-04-03T23:05:15","date_gmt":"2025-04-03T23:05:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/articloo.com\/wordpress\/?p=3225"},"modified":"2025-07-14T07:59:52","modified_gmt":"2025-07-14T07:59:52","slug":"technical-support-unit-for-key-population-programme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/articloo.com\/wordpress\/technical-support-unit-for-key-population-programme\/","title":{"rendered":"Technical Support Unit for Key Population Programme"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"3225\" class=\"elementor elementor-3225\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3e7050c e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3e7050c\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b3b714a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b3b714a\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a77b3e5 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"a77b3e5\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ed7585f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ed7585f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"2137\" src=\"https:\/\/articloo.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/5Q6A0343-scaled.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-5221\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/articloo.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/5Q6A0343-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/articloo.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/5Q6A0343-300x250.jpg 300w, https:\/\/articloo.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/5Q6A0343-1024x855.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/articloo.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/5Q6A0343-768x641.jpg 768w, https:\/\/articloo.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/5Q6A0343-1536x1282.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/articloo.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/5Q6A0343-2048x1710.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cb1df3b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"cb1df3b\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f99819c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f99819c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>PHDA in partnership with UoM continues provided technical support to National AIDS &amp; STI Control Programme (NASCOP) to sustain effective and efficient HIV prevention programmes for key populations at scale in Kenya.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"margin-bottom: 5px; font-weight: 500;\">Objectives<\/h4>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div data-id=\"209c566f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<ol>\n<li>\n<p>To sustain policy and programmatic focus on key populations in national and county HIV prevention response<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>To improve the capacity of counties so that they manage and monitor key population programmes as per national guidelines<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>To develop innovative models of interventions for scaling up of programmes to reach KP subpopulations currently left out of interventions<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>To improve the enabling environment and facilitate the implementation of HIV programming among KPs<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>To improve the use of data for decision making at the national and county level.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!-- \/wp:list-item --><\/p>\n<p>The project has supported to scale up the national KP programme across 47 Counties by reaching more than<\/p>\n<p><strong>170,000 <\/strong>(FSWs)\u00a0<strong> |\u00a0 40,000 <\/strong>(MSM)\u00a0<strong> |\u00a0 18<\/strong><strong>,000<\/strong>(PWID)<\/p>\n<p>Condom and needle syringe distribution to KPs expanded with the improvement in condom use and new needle- syringe use among KPs. The opioid substitution therapy programme also expanded with the 26% of the PWID population on the therapy. The project facilitated the strengthening of the national KP programme of Kenya which is now a global good practice.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:list --><\/p>\n<h5 style=\"margin-bottom: 5px; font-weight: 500;\">Project implementation<\/h5>\n<p>Project implemented from 2012 to 2021<\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<h5 style=\"margin-bottom: 5px; font-weight: 500;\">Partnership<\/h5>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>University of Manitoba, NASCOP and NSDCC with funding support from the Bill &amp; Melinda Gates Foundation.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PHDA in partnership with UoM continues provided technical support to National AIDS &amp; STI Control Programme (NASCOP) to sustain effective and efficient HIV prevention programmes for key populations at scale in Kenya. 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