HIV Prevention and Care for the Youth - (HIPACY)

Kenya

The program's strategic objectives are to increase access to HIV Testing and Counseling (HTC) as well as to teach abstinence and being faithful to sexual partners, in addition to promoting the use of condoms and other preventions. The program design addresses the behavioral determinants of health to improve on interventions so as to improve the target population's health-seeking behaviors.

Project Stage

Scaling

Implementation time

5+ years

Last update: October 05, 2023

Overview Contributors

Challenge

The work of HWWK focuses on hard-to-reach and most-at-risk populations, orphaned and vulnerable children, youth, poor communities and the general public to improve their quality of life through responsive and innovative health programming, service delivery and capacity building in Kenya and Eastern Africa. They are affiliated with HOPE worldwide Ltd, headquartered in Philadelphia, USA, a faith-based relief and development organization serving more than 2 million needy people annually on all six continents.

Description

Increase access to HIV Testing and Counseling (HTC) and teach abstinence and being faithful to sexual partners, promote the use of condoms and other preventions to address behavioral determinants of health.

SDGs

Outcomes

Increased access to HIV Testing and Counseling (HTC), promotion of abstinence and fidelity among sexual partners, and the promotion of condom use and other preventions among youth. Targeted behavioral determinants of health to improve the population's health-seeking behaviors.