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Youth HIV services: Combining prevention and treatment

Youth HIV services: Combining prevention and treatment. Issues: The unmet need…. HIV positive youth were observed not to remain in care Services at ARV clinics not youth friendly 9% of persons aged 13-21 tested HIV positive- majority not enrolled in care

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Youth HIV services: Combining prevention and treatment

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  1. Youth HIV services: Combining prevention and treatment

  2. Issues: The unmet need… • HIV positive youth were observed not to remain in care • Services at ARV clinics not youth friendly • 9% of persons aged 13-21 tested HIV positive- majority not enrolled in care • Only 5% of persons enrolled in HIV care in Nyanza are youth • Prevention programs often separate from treatment programs

  3. Services Integration Participatory Individualized Short waiting times Minimally invasive procedures Physical Environment Confidential location Recreation facilities Clinic that does not look like a clinic Staff attitudes Youth friendly language dressing Non-judgmental Confidential Accessibility Cost of travel Cost of services Convenient location Convenient hours Components of youth friendly services

  4. Tuungane HIV prevention program for youth Youth VCT and STI clinic Central clinic with drop-in center 5 satellite clinics Works with 70 youth groups in Kisumu FACES Family AIDS Care and Education Services HIV Care and treatment program in Nyanza which began in Mar 2005 Goal is to provide comprehensive, coordinated and compassionate HIV care to HIV infected persons and their families

  5. Goals of collaboration: Tuungane-FACES • Improve HIV care for youth in Kisumu • Ages 13 - 21 • Increase the number of youth enrolled in HIV care in Kisumu • Increase uptake of VCT among youth in Kisumu

  6. Tuungane Space with recreation facilities Staff Support Clinical officer Nurse Community mobilization VCT STI treatment Transport of samples Support group Program planning FACES Clinical mentoring ART and OI drugs Staff exchanges CME Lab Technical assistance Teleform Reporting to PEPFAR Support group Program planning Collaboration Roles

  7. Laboratory Pharmacy

  8. Challenges • Recruitment of girls into clinic • Need for pediatric services (patients would not refer babies to other sites) • Links to PMTCT services • Supervision of clinical staff: balancing schedules of FACES clinical staff and Tuungane staff who do field work

  9. Progress and Successes • Over 200 youth aged 13-21 enrolled at clinic, 32 children. • Patients on ARVs 68, 7 are children • VCT uptake- • Mom’s and babies day- every Wednesday at central clinic and satellites • FP services being introduced • PMTCT services introduced • Weekly CME • Weekly support group with > 100 active members • IGA for support group • Fortnightly joint staff meetings

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