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Kenya National AIDS and STI Control Programme (NASCOP)
The Kenyan National AIDS and STI’s Control Programme (NASCOP) was established in 1987 to spearhead the Ministry of Health’s interventions on the fight against HIV/AIDS. - Document
A Kenyan newspaper analysis of the limitations of voluntary medical male circumcision and the importance of sustained condom use
BMC Public Health, 2015This analysis of Kenyan media treatment of condom use has the objectives of: (1) investigating promotion messages in a popular online newspaper to determine how the limitations of male circumcision are represented, and whether condom use is still being promoted; and (2) gaining insight into popular understandings of the limitations of this new procedure through newspaper reader comments.DocumentNational response to disability and HIV in eastern and southern Africa
2010Despite the significant intersection between HIV and disability, people with disabilities have been largely ignored within national responses to HIV and AIDS, and existing HIV prevention, treatment, care and support programmes generally fail to meet their specific needs.DocumentDisability rights, HIV/AIDS in east and southern Africa: considerations for policy and practice
2010Recent studies amongst people with disabilities (PWD) in selected African countries suggest that rates of HIV infection are at least similar to, or higher than those of the general population. Despite such studies, PWD have not been routinely identified as a vulnerable population to be integrated within national strategic plans on HIV and AIDS (NSPs) in Eastern and Southern Africa (ESA).DocumentEffectiveness of an integrated intimate partner violence and HIV prevention intervention in Rakai, Uganda: analysis of an intervention in an existing cluster randomised cohort
The Lancet, 2015Intimate partner violence (IPV) is associated with HIV infection. This article aimed to assess whether provision of a combination of IPV prevention and HIV services would reduce IPV and HIV incidence in individuals enrolled in the Rakai Community Cohort Study (RCCS), Rakai, Uganda.DocumentEvaluation of Season Two of the television drama series, Intersexions
2015Intersexions I was a multi-award winning series, receiving eleven South African Film and Television Awards (SAFTA), the Screen Excellence Award for best drama, the AfricommNet award for best mass media and the internationally acclaimed Peabody Award.DocumentUganda joint behaviour change communication survey
Knowledge for Health, 2015This report discusses findings from a survey to evaluate health behaviour change communication interventions supported by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in Uganda, under the AFFORD/Uganda Health Marketing Group together with other implementing partners in Uganda.DocumentHIV/AIDS vulnerabilities, discrimination, and service accessibility among Africa’s youth: insights from a multi-country study
Population Council, USA, 2015At the individual level, youth lack access to appropriate SRH [sexual and reproductive health] information and confidential, low-cost, and stigma-free SRH services.DocumentAn introduction to implementation science for the non-specialist
BMC Psychology, 2015As healthcare systems work under increasingly dynamic and resource-constrained conditions, evidence-based strategies are essential in order to ensure that research investments maximize healthcare value and improve public health. Implementation science plays a critical role in supporting these efforts.DocumentChildren in Barbados and the eastern Caribbean: child rights - the unfinished agenda
United Nations Children's Fund, 2009This report provides profile overviews of the socio-economic situation and main issues situation of children in ten Small Island Developing States (SIDS) in the Caribbean.Pages
