LVCT Health, in partnership with the Departments of Health for Kisii and Homa Bay Counties, held its first Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) Best Practice Conferences in Kisii and Homa Bay Counties. The forums held in July and September offered a platform for sharing and cross-learning best practices in HIV prevention, care and treatment and mentorship […]

  Homa Bay County: Kenya officially launched the Kenya Plan to End AIDS in Children by 2027. The ambitious strategy follows a national dialogue and a 100-day children and adolescents living with HIV (CALHIV) rapid result initiative (RRI) that calls for urgent response to end the spread of HIV among children and reduce infant mortality […]

Our team from USAID Stawisha Pwani joined the Department of Health Services – Mombasa County for their inaugural annual scientific health research conference under the theme: “Empowering Health Research in Mombasa County”. USAID Stawisha Pwani was a Diamond sponsor for the two-day event that brought together healthcare teams and practitioners across Kenya.Our project showcased many […]

Muranga County: On 14 September 2023, we were thrilled to host the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Division of Global HIV and TB (DGHT) Program Director Jennifer Galbraith for a Site Improvement through Monitoring System (SIMS) in Murang’á County.  Accompanied by other CDC officials, Galbraith visited Kangema Sub-county Hospital and Muriranjas Sub-county Hospital […]

U Mombasa County: We hosted a USAID Kenya and Washington team for a learning visit on the Key population programming within our USAID Stawisha Pwani project. The team visited health facilities and drop-in centres, interacting with service providers and some project beneficiaries. During the visit, the team were taken through some of the project’s best […]

LVCT Health’s GBV Snr. Technical Advisor Michael Gaitho (In a red T-shirt) shares IEC materials with the Mombasa County Governor Nassir and Chief Justice Martha Koome during the commissioning of GBV Rescue Centre Mombasa County:  We were privileged to join the Chief Justice of Kenya, Martha Koome, Mombasa County Governor H.E. Abdulswamad Shariff Nassir, and other […]

Nyeri 27 July 2023: LVCT Health signed a partnership agreement with the County Government of Nyeri to strengthen HIV/TB prevention and treatment services in the county. The agreement will promote collaboration between the County Government of Nyeri, the Department of Health Services, Public Health and Sanitation, and LVCT Health in the areas of health system strengthening […]

In the spirit of journey to self-reliance, LVCT Health’s Vukisha95 project conducted a two-days orientation meeting with the Homa Bay County Health Management Team, Members of the Homa Bay County Assembly, County Public Service Board as well as Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to deliberate on context-specific transition planning for HIV/TB services in […]

According to a survey by the Pew Research Centre, as of 2021, 95% of teenagers (ages 13-17) in the United States had access to a smartphone, and 89% of those teenagers used social media. The same survey found that 45% of teenagers were online “almost constantly.” Despite the widespread availability of the internet, there are […]

Kisumu County: LVCT Health, in partnership with the Ministry of Health, officially launched the #CATALYST (Catalyzing Access to New Prevention Products to Stop HIV), a MOSAIC (Maximizing Options to Advance Informed Choice for HIV Prevention) flagship product introduction study.  The study seeks to provide and assess for an enhanced service delivery package that includes oral […]