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North Star Alliance Roadside Wellness Centres
North Star Alliance Roadside Wellness Centres
Not-for-profit
Year launched: 2006Program Website
Country of Operation
Approach
Target geography
Target Population
Target income level
- Bottom 20%
- Lower-middle income (20-40%)
- Middle-income (40-60%)
Health focus
- Family planning and reproductive health
- HIV/AIDS
- Malaria and other vector borne diseases
- Maternal, newborn and child health
- Primary care
- Tuberculosis
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Summary
North Star Alliance is a non-profit, public-private partnership that is establishing a network of roadside health clinics at major truck stops and border crossings to serve hard-to-reach populations across Africa.Program goals
The goal of the North Star Alliance is to provide long distance truck drivers, sex workers and surrounding communities with sustainable access to basic health care and safety.
Key program components
North Star Alliance launched its first RWC in Malawi in Southern Africa in 2005. The Alliance has since them expanded its services to East and West Africa, and it currently operates 32 clinics in 12 African countries. In Kenya, the Alliance has seven centers located at borders and truck stops in Burnt Forest, Emali, Mai Mahiu, Mlolongo, Mombasa, Namanga and Salgaa. The centers provide general primary care, sexual health education, counseling, testing and treatment for drivers and the communities with which they directly interact, including sex workers. In addition to the RWCs, North Star Alliance North Star offers a full range of services related to the establishment and running of roadside clinics in transport hubs and/or border crossing transport stops.
The Alliance works with local implementing partners to source, outfit, supply and staff new centers. The program also works with national/regional transport sectors and health authorities to identify HIV/AIDS hotspots along major transport corridors and to leverage a broader private sector response to HIV/AIDS programming by encouraging other private sector companies (e.g. FMCG, transport, distribution and courier companies) to support the RWCs project financially or in-kind.
Core funding for key non-operational activities for the North Star Alliance is provided by six core partners:
The International Transport Worker's Federation
The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS)
ORTEC N.V.
TNT N.V.
The World Food Programme (WFP)
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of The Netherlands
The number of clients served annually by the Alliance has increased from 5000 in 2007 to 280,000 in 2013. The Alliance plans to launch more RWCs, with the aim of operating 100 RWCs by 2015.
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Parent Organizations
- North Star AllianceNot-for-profit
- Ministry of HealthGovernment
- PharmAccess FoundationNot-for-profit
- International Transport Workers’ FederationNot-for-profit
- TNT ExpressFor-profit
- ORTECFor-profit
- United Nations World Food ProgrammeForeign aid agency or multilateral organization
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