Detailed Mechanism Funding and Narrative

Details for Mechanism ID: 12073
Country/Region: Kenya
Year: 2010
Main Partner: Not Available
Main Partner Program: NA
Organizational Type: NGO
Funding Agency: HHS/CDC
Total Funding: $0

The TBD partner(s) will support increasing access to combination HIV prevention services that incorporates behavioral, structural, and biomedical HIV-prevention interventions. Behavioral interventions are systematic instruction in techniques to decrease HIV-risk behaviors and increase protective behaviors. Structural interventions aim at modifying the social, economic, and political structures and systems in which people live. Biomedical interventions for preventing HIV transmission include HIV counseling and testing, testing for and treatment of STIs, voluntary medical male circumcision utilizing a minimum package of services, and post-exposure prophylaxis.

The comprehensive goals and objectives under this TBD are to continue to support the implementation and scale up of a combination of evidence-based, cost-effective HIV prevention interventions for the general population and youth, provide technical support to improve the quality of HIV prevention interventions in Kenya, develop systems for quality assurance of these programs, and share experience, training, and lessons learned with the relevant Government of Kenya agencies.

The goals and objectives of the partnership framework are similar to this TBD and include using evidence-based a behavioral interventions to promote character formation, abstinence among youth, fidelity, partner reduction, and correct and consistent condom use by sexually active persons targeting populations risk for transmission or acquisition of HIV.

This program announcement covers the general population and youth (both in and out of school) in the following areas and provinces: Central, Nyanza, Eastern, Rift Valley region, and Nairobi. The TBD partner will provide technical support to improve the quality of HIV prevention interventions in Kenya, develop systems for quality assurance of these programs, and share experience, training, and lessons learned with the relevant Government of Kenya agencies.

TBD partner(s) will support increasing access to combination HIV prevention services that incorporates behavioral, structural, and biomedical HIV-prevention interventions. Prevention efforts in Kenya must be multifaceted in order to magnify their impact; the TBD partners will be encouraged to be cross-cutting in their prevention efforts in all areas: behavioral, bio-medical and structural.

The TBD partners will be required to develop plan to assess cost-effectiveness of program activities.

Averting new infections in the general population and especially youth is cost effective and will contribute toward turning the tide against HIV/AIDS.

Funding for Testing: HIV Testing and Counseling (HVCT): $0

The comprehensive goals and objectives under this TBD are to continue to support the implementation and scale up of a combination of evidence-based, cost-effective HIV prevention interventions for the general population and youth, provide technical support to improve the quality of HIV prevention interventions in Kenya, develop systems for quality assurance of these programs, and share experience, training, and lessons learned with the relevant Government of Kenya agencies. The TBD partner will support increasing access to combination HIV prevention services that incorporates behavioral, structural, and biomedical HIV-prevention interventions. Biomedical interventions for preventing HIV transmission include HIV counseling and testing, incorporating all strategies including home-based, provider initiated, voluntary, couples, and special events counseling and testing. This TBD covers the general population and youth (both in and out of school) in the following areas and provinces: Central, Nyanza, Eastern, Rift Valley region, and Nairobi and will reach 70,000 individuals from the target population who will receive test results. The TBD also will train 90 health care workers trained or sensitized in CT. Quality assurance informed by central policy guidelines and standards will guide the implementation of this program. The TBD partner will also be required to develop a robust M&E plan to inform the counseling and testing activities.

Funding for Sexual Prevention: Abstinence/Be Faithful (HVAB): $0

The comprehensive goals and objectives under this TBD are to continue to support the implementation and scale up of a combination of evidence-based, cost-effective HIV prevention interventions for the general population and youth, provide technical support to improve the quality of HIV prevention interventions in Kenya, develop systems for quality assurance of these programs, and share experience, training, and lessons learned with the relevant Government of Kenya agencies. The TBD partner will support increasing access to combination HIV prevention services that incorporates behavioral, structural, and biomedical HIV-prevention interventions and will design and implement targeted HIV-prevention behavioral interventions. Adaptations of evidence-based behavioral interventions (e.g., interventions from the Diffusion of Behavioral Interventions project or Replicating Effective Programs project [www.effectiveinterventions.org and www.cdc.gov/hiv/topics/prev_prog/rep/index.htm]) are also encouraged. Behavioral interventions should focus on delaying sexual debut, reducing number of sexual partners and concurrent partnerships, and decreasing cross-generational sex. This TBD covers the general population and youth (both in and out of school) in the following areas and provinces: Central, Nyanza, Eastern, Rift Valley region, and Nairobi and will reach 70,322 adults with programs encouraging fidelity and 33,607 youth with programs to delay the initiation of sex. Quality assurance informed by central policy guidelines and standards will guide the implementation of this program. The TBD partner will also be required to develop a robust M&E plan to inform the prevention programs.

Funding for Sexual Prevention: Other Sexual Prevention (HVOP): $0

The comprehensive goals and objectives under this TBD are to continue to support the implementation and scale up of a combination of evidence-based, cost-effective HIV prevention interventions for the general population and youth, provide technical support to improve the quality of HIV prevention interventions in Kenya, develop systems for quality assurance of these programs, and share experience, training, and lessons learned with the relevant Government of Kenya agencies. The TBD partner will support increasing access to combination HIV prevention services that incorporates behavioral, structural, and biomedical HIV-prevention interventions and will design and implement targeted HIV-prevention behavioral interventions. Adaptations of evidence-based behavioral interventions (e.g., interventions from the Diffusion of Behavioral Interventions project or Replicating Effective Programs project [www.effectiveinterventions.org and www.cdc.gov/hiv/topics/prev_prog/rep/index.htm]) are also encouraged. Behavioral interventions should focus on increasing condom use, reducing number of sexual partners and concurrent partnerships, and decreasing cross-generational sex. This TBD covers the general population and youth (both in and out of school) in the following areas and provinces: Central, Nyanza, Eastern, Rift Valley region, and Nairobi and will reach 70,322 adults with programs encouraging condom use and reducing number of partners and eliminating concurrent partners and 35,679 youth with programs to return to abstinence, decrease partners, and increase condom use. Quality assurance informed by central policy guidelines and standards will guide the implementation of this program. The TBD partner will also be required to develop a robust M&E plan to inform the prevention programs.