Kenya

Funded by WHO (a component of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation-supported FP Accelerator Project) the project seeks to improve equitable access to quality SRH information and services for adolescents and young people in six coastal counties, with a focus on increasing uptake of contraception through support for policy and strategy development and harmonization and strengthened monitoring and evaluation.

With funding from Johnson & Johnson and in partnership with the Kenya MOH, EGPAF provides technical assistance on pediatric second- and third-line ART access. This project, which will run in Uganda from 2018 to 2020, aims to improve sustainable ART service delivery for children, and confront challenges faced by adolescents around disclosure, adherence, and psychosocial support. The heart of the Collaborative is a darunavir/etravirine donation program, which increases availability of third-line pediatric and adult ART for children and adolescents failing second-line treatment.

In 2022, the NH will transition to a new phase of New Horizons 2.0, EGPAF as a key implementing partner along with other current partners including Partnership for Supply Chain Management, Imperial Logistics, CIPHER Paediatric HIV Matters, Right to Care, and the Paediatric European Network for Treatment of AIDS.

In collaboration with and through the investment of the ELMA Foundation, EGPAF collaborates with the Kenyan National AIDS and STI Control Programme to provide responsive and tailored pediatric and adolescent HIV technical assistance. Leveraging our existing operational footprint and expertise, this project provides rapid technical assistance to expand testing and treatment among children and adolescents. The ultimate goal is to respond to the critical gaps in pediatric and adolescent HIV services.

This DNDi-supported project will streamline and accelerate use of new, child- friendly ART formulations. EGPAF will focus on the development of new tools for improved control of pediatric HIV and support increased uptake of solid lopinavir/ ritonavir, while preparing for introduction of dispersible dolutegravir formulations in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda.

This ViiV Healthcare Positive Action for Adolescents-funded project aims to improve the long-term health outcomes of adolescents (ages 10-19) and young adults (ages 20-24) living with HIV in Homabay and Turkana counties. The project promotes meaningful involvement of adolescents and young people in HIV prevention, care and treatment programs, while increasing capacity of health care workers in the provision of these services. The project also support schools to be HIV responsive - strengthening bidirectional referrals between health facilities and educational environments.

GPAF collaborates with ViiV Healthcare’s Positive Action for Children’s Fund (PACF) to strengthen the technical and institutional capacity of community- based organizations (CBO) to further their efforts to prevent mother-to-child HIV transmission (PMTCT). The project seeks to bolster community engagement and involvement of service providers and beneficiaries in HIV prevention, care, and treatment services, specifically in PMTCT programs. The project’s primary objective is to empower CBO to engage with their local communities and national health systems to overcome obstacles to quality health care-enhancing CBO’s abilities to achieve measurable and sustainable results in their respective programs.

In 2021, the NH will transition to a new phase of New Horizons 2.0, EGPAF as a key implementing partner along with other current partners including Partnership for Supply Chain Management, Imperial Logistics, CIPHER Paediatric HIV Matters, Right to Care, and the Paediatric European Network for Treatment of AIDS.

Unitaid is funding the CaP TB project, which aims to improve TB screening in children, and accelerate access to TB diagnosis and new child-friendly treatments for both active and latent TB - a disease which affects one million children. This project, launched in 2017, will bring new child-friendly TB drug formulations and improved diagnostic technology to 10 countries.

hrough funding from Johnson & Johnson, EGPAF aims to identify and introduce effective, scalable strategies to improve health outcomes and to provide youth-focused HIV and PMTCT services to both HIV-positive and HIV-negative pregnant and lactating adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) in Kakamega County.

Through funding from ViiV’s Positive Action for Children Fund, EGPAF provides technical assistance and capacity building to community-based organizations (CBOs) identified by ViiV. As of June 2018, EGPAF was assigned to work with seven CBOs.

With funding from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), EGPAF implemented the eight‐year Call to Action (CTA) project in 12 countries, including Kenya (from 2004 through 2007).

As a sub-grantee to AMREF on this GlaxoSmith Kline-funded project, EGPAF sought to improve the quality of life of people living with HIV/AIDS in Kenya through treatment adherence, support, and promotion of continuum of care.

As a sub-grantee to Jhpiego in the Eastern Province of Kenya, and a sub-grantee to PATH in Western Province, these USAID/PEPFAR-funded projects built the capacity of the health system to implement the Government of Kenya’s national health policies and the outcomes of HIV and HIV-related health programs in Kenya.

The objective of this Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation-funded research was to compare the effectiveness of the maternal and child health (MCH) and comprehensive care clinic (CCC) models of care in providing services to HIV-exposed infants. The results of this study helped shape the current care model used by the Ministry of Health. Study results were published in the September 2012 issue of the Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (JAIDS).

This UNICEF-funded project was designed to strengthen the capacity for monitoring and evaluation nationally with emphasis on the Rift Valley and Nyanza Provinces by addressing issues of data quality and its use in programming to improve quality of prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV (PMTCT) and pediatric care and treatment programs.

The Government of Kenya, UNICEF, EGPAF, and other organizations partnered to implement the Maisha MTCT-free Zone Initiative as part of Kenya’s National AIDS Strategic Plan III 2008 – 2013 to scale up prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV (PMTCT) services to 90% of all public sector facilities, reach 1,398,000 women with PMTCT services, and ensure that at least 80% of pregnant women testing positive for HIV receive antiretroviral medication to prevent MTCT and/or for their own health. EGPAF played a key role as a technical assistance provider to facilities in the Nyanza region.

This project, funded by ViiV Healthcare, was designed to improve community involvement in the delivery of sustainable community-level HIV prevention services. It focused on building the technical and organizational capacities of several local organizations across the country. EGPAF is specifically focused on building capacity in the areas of:

• Sustainability;
• Strategic planning;
• Project management;
• Effective communications;
• Monitoring and evaluation;
• Prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV (PMTCT);
• Establishment of referral networks

With funding from ViiV Healthcare’s The Positive Action for Children Fund, the Nakinae Akiyar project proposed to reduce loss to follow-up in prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV (PMTCT) for a mother/infant pair, and to increase uptake of early infant diagnosis (EID) by implementing appropriately designed, community-driven interventions that effectively engage people living with HIV/AIDS and existing community health structures, and generate evidence to address the specific challenges of Turkana Central, a traditionally underserved area populated by nomadic communities in northwestern Kenya. Key elements of this program included promoting health-seeking behaviors, continuous engagement with communities and other local stakeholders, and working within existing health structures.

Effective implementation of prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV (PMTCT) strategies has resulted in the virtual elimination of pediatric HIV in resource-rich settings. Weak health systems and inadequate health infrastructures impede universal provision of PMTCT services in sub-Saharan Africa. Transportation challenges and costs further influence individuals’ decisions to access static health facilities, and are often cited causes for suboptimal retention in HIV treatment programs. Mobile outreach clinical services bring medical services into the community, and are currently being implemented to improve uptake of basic (standard) maternal child health services.

Funded by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), the Tunaweza Project supported HIV/AIDS prevention, care, and treatment activities of local organizations by providing organizational and systems strengthening through training and mentorship, expansion of technical capacity for evidenced-based HIV/AIDS programming, and performance-based contracting to deliver multiple prevention, care, and treatment services to target populations.

With funding from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), EGPAF partnered with PATH to expand access to HIV/AIDS services for members of the non-military uniformed services (the Kenya Wildlife Services, the National Youth Service, the Administration Police, and the Kenya Police) and their families through the AIDS Response in Forces in Uniform (ARIFU) project. By providing technical assistance, capacity building, and financial and logistical support to non-military uniformed services staff, EGPAF was a key partner in supporting improved and expanded HIV prevention, care, and treatment services within the non-military uniformed services health facilities.

AIDSFree is a five-year U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)-funded cooperative agreement led by JSI Research & Training Institute, Inc., with partners Abt Associates, Inc., EnCompass LLC, IMA World Health, the International HIV/AIDS Alliance, Jhpiego Corporation, and PATH.

With funding from Population Council as part of Project SOAR, EGPAF is leading the Active Pediatric HIV Case Finding in Kenya and Uganda Study.

‘Nakinae akiyar’ is a Turkana phrase that means ‘Give life’. This project will support community activities aimed at strengthening PMTCT and care and treatment services.

Under this U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)-funded project, EGPAF supports provision of sustainable, evidence-based HIV prevention, care and treatment services to members of the non-military uniformed services and their surrounding host communities.

Under this CIFF-funded project, EGPAF aims to reduce new HIV infections, AIDS related deaths, and stigma and discrimination among adolescents and young people.

Through this ELMA-funded project, EGPAF is working to increase access to life-saving HIV care and treatment services among children and adolescents through scale-up of pediatric HIV testing, treatment, and retention support services

Funded by ViiV Healthcare Positive Action for Adolescents Fund, this project aims to improve the long-term health outcomes of adolescents (ages 14-18) and young adults (ages 19-21) living with HIV in Homabay County, Kenya.

Support implementation and expansion of comprehensive HIV prevention, care, and treatment programs; establish systems for quality assurance and improvement; and support strengthening of county and sub-county systems for sustainable HIV service delivery.