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Kenya Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV Prevention
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What is the need?
An estimated 50,000 to 60,000 of Kenya’s infants are infected annually through mother-to-child transmission. To reduce transmission rates, services need to be developed in Kenya to educate women on HIV/AIDS prevention, testing, and postnatal treatment. The peak HIV infection in women coincides with childbearing years, ages 20 and 25. In Kenya’s Teso district where this project is located, the prevalence among women attending antenatal clinics was 28.5 percent, compared to Kenya’s national rate of 13 percent.
What is the solution?
Teso district’s women in their childbearing years must have access to HIV prevention education, voluntary counseling and testing, family planning, antenatal services and safe infant feeding practices through strengthened healthcare systems.
Project Objectives
Prevent infection among women of reproductive age
Improve and expand voluntary counseling and testing
Increase accessibility of Nevirapine to HIV-positive mothers and newborn infants
Strengthen capacities of antenatal clinics
Improve feeding options for mothers
Provide care and social support networks for HIV-positive mothers and their infants
Project’s deliverables:
Operate voluntary counseling and testing centers at 13 Teso health facilities
Provide HIV testing and counseling to 70% of pregnant women attending antenatal clinics
Administer Nevirapine to 75% of HIV-positive women and infants
Project Duration
Two Years
2005 Funding Need
$117,843*
*Can be funded partially or in full. |
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