Detailed Mechanism Funding and Narrative

Details for Mechanism ID: 12079
Country/Region: Kenya
Year: 2010
Main Partner: Not Available
Main Partner Program: NA
Organizational Type: NGO
Funding Agency: HHS/CDC
Total Funding: $0

This TBD in collaboration with National AIDS and STD Control Program will carry out a survey looking at the longitudinal outcomes of adult patients in care and treatment. Although a similar survey was carried out in 2007, it did not include patients who had never initiated ART. In addition, the numbers of patients in care and treatment have increased tremendously over the last two yeas plus we now have cohort of patients who have been on treatment for more than 5 years. The results of the survey will be used to improve the care and treatment program, and to inform national policy and guidelines on care and treatment.

This is a national activity with a nationally representative sample.

Funding for Treatment: Adult Treatment (HTXS): $0

The To Be Determined (TBD) partner will work in collaboration with the National AIDS and STD Control Program (NASCOP) to carry out the second Longitudinal Surveillance of Care and Treatment in Kenya (LSCTiK) to measure outcomes of adults in care and treatment in a nationally representative sample of people on care and ART . This will include measures of retention, adherence, treatment effectiveness (including viral suppression), morbidity and mortality from longitudinal follow-up of patients. The first survey was carried out in 2007 and the results of these have been used to improve the national ART program. The proposed survey will be more comprehensive than the 2007 in that it will look at a sample of patients who never stated ART and measure treatment eligibility, monitoring, basic services offered etc. Protocol development will be performed by TBD in collaboration with CDC technical staff and NASCOP. NASCOP will provide data management and coordination with USG technical assistance.