Document Type
Report
Publication Date
1996
Abstract
Most national MCH-FP programs in sub-Saharan Africa are shifting their programmatic strategies toward a broader reproductive health service approach that includes integrating STI and HIV/AIDS services into existing MCH-FP programs. This is based on the belief that integration will lead to more cost-effective and better-quality service, and maximize use of existing resources. There is an assumption that the basic infrastructure for the MCH-FP programs can absorb the extra demands of the STI/HIV/AIDS services with minimal additional inputs and that staff providing MCH-FP services require only minimal training to be able to provide STI/HIV/AIDS services. There is a further assumption that the addition of STI/HIV/AIDS services to existing MCH-FP services may reduce the stigma associated with providing STIs and HIV/AIDS services in isolation. The Population Council, through the Africa OR/TA Project II, is carrying out a number of case studies of projects and programs that have initiated integrated services with MCH-FP services. This report describes a case study of the integration activities being undertaken by the Mkomani Clinic Society in Mombasa, Kenya.
Recommended Citation
Twahir, Amina, Baker Ndugga Maggwa, and Ian Askew. 1996. "Integration of STI and HIV/AIDS services with MCH/FP services: A case study of the Mkomani Clinic Society in Mombasa, Kenya," Africa OR/TA Project II. Nairobi: Population Council.
DOI
10.31899/rh1996.1003
Language
English
Project
Africa OR/TA Project II
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