FRONTIERS PROJECT
Feasibility, Effectiveness, and Cost of Models of Integrating Counseling and Testing for HIV Within Family Planning Services in Kenya

The Kenyan government is emphasizing knowledge of one’s own HIV status as a major strategy in its fight against HIV and AIDS. In support of that strategy, FRONTIERS is working with the Division of Reproductive Health of the Ministry of Health and the National AIDS Control Program to develop and implement a model of integrating family planning and HIV/AIDS prevention. This intervention compares two models of integration. In the first, family planning clients receive a family planning consultation with an assessment for risk of reproductive tract infections (RTIs) and sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and education about voluntary counseling and testing (VCT); and those who are interested receive referrals to VCT. In the second model, clients receive the same services in addition to onsite testing and counseling for those choosing VCT. Participating facilities will receive training to strengthen services through a modified version of the balanced counseling strategy developed in Peru. The intervention will assess and compare the feasibility, acceptability, effectiveness, cost, and impact of the two models in a variety of health care delivery settings.

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Location

Kenya

Duration

July 2005–January 2008

Population Council researcher

Saiqa Mullick

Non-Council collaborators

Ministry of Health

National AIDS Control Program

Donor

US Agency for International Development

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See Also

• Kenya
• HIV and AIDS/Treatment, Care, and Support
• HIV and AIDS/Prevention
• FRONTIERS FP/HIV Integration
• FRONTIERS Prevention
• FRONTIERS Economic Evaluation
• FRONTIERS Kenya
• FRONTIERS Quality of Care Improvement
• Horizons Program

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