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Tuungane Youth Centre

last updated Oct 11, 2011

Overview

Implementing organization: 
Family AIDS Care and Education Services (FACES)
Implementation Partner(s): 
Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) and the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF)
Legal Status: 
Private (not-for-profit)
Year Launched: 
2005
Stage: 
Existing/expansion stage
Income Level of Target Population: 
Bottom 20%

Funding

Primary Source of Funding: 
Donor
Funders: 
US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR).

Scale

Number of Clients Served: 
400/month
Number of Facilities Operated/Networked: 
1 central clinic,5 satellite sites
Summary: 

Tuungane is a youth organization that aims at promoting HIV prevention and improving uptake of VCT and STI services by offering youth friendly and youth specific HIV services.

Key program components: 

FACES and Tuungane have partnered to provide free, youth-specific HIV care services at Tuungane’s central clinic, with FACES providing technical supervision, training, medications (including ARVs), and laboratory services.

Tuungane has one central clinic and 5 satellite sites that are open daily until 7:00 PM, where youth receive VCT and STI services, and participate in a variety of recreational activities.

In partnership with the Kenyan government, FACES is coordinating facility-based HIV care and treatment for the district in an effort to create a functional model of decentralized HIV care. This includes supporting programs at all of the government health facilities, as well as some of the islands that do not have health centers, through the use of stationary and mobile services. FACES is taking a lead in strengthening the collaborative efforts of community, government, and NGOs, in developing a unified HIV prevention and treatment program for the district.

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