“Making Global Health Funds Work for Africa” The African Constituency Bureau brings together the two African constituencies West and Central Africa (WCA) and East and Southern Africa (ESA) represented at the Global Fund to fight HIV/AIDS, TB, Malaria (Global Fund). The two constituencies represent 46 African Countries that are recipients of Global Fund support for…
Kenya’s Community Health Strategy recommends the integration of service provision at community level. The strategy defines the role of Community Health Volunteers (CHVs) in basic healthcare with emphasis on integrated model of preventive and promotive health service delivery (MOH, 2020). Kenya Red Cross Society (KRCS), ACK Development Services (ADS) Nyanza and the County Government of…
HIV/AIDS AMONG ADOLESCENT GIRLS AND YOUNG WOMEN BACKGROUND Despite great progress made against HIV globally, adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) are disproportionately at risk of acquiring new HIV infections. The COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent lockdown measures, including school closures, further predispose the AGYW at risk. Therefore, policy measures remain a necessity to reduce the…