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UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI, CENTRE FOR HIV PREVENTION AND RESEARCH ( CHIVPR) Progress Report. BY PROF. E. NGUGI DIRECTOR. HISTORY SUMMARY.
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UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI,CENTRE FOR HIV PREVENTION AND RESEARCH ( CHIVPR)Progress Report BY PROF. E. NGUGI DIRECTOR
HISTORY SUMMARY • The University of Nairobi- Centre for HIV Prevention and Research (CHIVPR) at The College of Health Sciences was established in 2006 as a successor to the defunct Strengthening STD/HIV/AIDS Control Project in Kenya (STD Project. • The STD Project was a collaboration of the Universities of Nairobi AND Manitoba with funding by the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) as an intervention targeting the STD/HIV/AIDS vulnerable groups more specifically Female sex workers and their clients in Kenya. • In the fifteen-year period of its existence between 1990 and 2006, the STD Project recorded impressive results in its areas of operations and in the process amassed a credible body of knowledge and skills. • It is for this reason that its work needed to be continued when the funding for the STD Project came to an end and for that matter institutionalize this body of knowledge and skills in the centre.
HISTORY SUMMARY • The centre continues to carry out it training and community intervention activities. • As a research Centre within the University of Nairobi, CHIVPR aims to build capacity for rigorous health, social and behavioral science research on HIV/AIDS. • In addition interpreting this to HIV and AIDS Preventative, care, treatment and support for the Most At Risk Population (MARPS). • The centre will be responsive to those it serves. More specifically, customer focus and engagement with the community and other stakeholders.
MARPS PROJECT • Implemented in both Central and Eastern Provinces. • Commenced in October 2010. • Targets Most at Risk Populations; Female sex workers (FSW), Male sex workers (MSW), Men who have sex with Men (MSM), Truckers, IDUs • Healthy Choices II involving children aged 10-17 yrs. • Family Matters Program involving children 9-12 yrs and their parents • OCAT- Continuously abused children • The interventions are guided by the GoK (Ministry of Health) Guidelines. • This is the core of implementation science.
SERVICES OFFERED IN THE OUTREACHES • Key population Screening and enrollment • Health Education • HTC and linking to care • STI screening and treatment • PEP • Family planning • Male & Female condom and lubes distribution • Referral services • CTX distribution • Ca cervix screening at some sites
SERVICES OFFERED IN THE DICES • Key population Screening and enrollment • Health Education • HTC and Linking to care • STI screening and treatment • HIV care and treatment • PEP, EC and post rape care • CA cervix screening • TB screening and referral • Screening for alcohol and drug abuse • Family planning • Referral services • Male & Female condom and lubes distribution
KP: Number of all KPs enrolled by site (# individuals cumulative)
HTC Key populations FY4 Q.2 (Jan-March 2014) Total (Newly tested)
PEP services and screening for TB, Cervical cancer, drug & alcohol abuse Qr3 Yr3, 2013 • PEP 3 due to condom burst (achieved 0.4%) • 317 screened for TB none was positive • 35 screened for cervical cancer none positive • 3350 screened for Alcohol & drug abuse, none referred
PLHIV SUPPORT GROUPS Qr2, Yr4-Jan-Mar 2014No. of CPHDP support groupsEconomic empowerment activities
Table 11:Healthy Choices II Qr3, Yr3’2013 58 received HTC and other biomedical services in our DICEs
Sex workers prepare Aloe bathing soap to supplement their income
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