HIV PREVENTION: Current issues and new technologies

HIV PREVENTION: Current issues and new technologies
support, networking, innovative health
programmes and witnessing for a just
and healthy nation. The motivation and
guiding values of CHAK and its Member
Health Units are drawn from the Biblical
teaching on health and healing following
the example of Christ and the teaching
on love and sanctity of human life.
Values are based on the Christian
witness following the example of Christ
and the Great Commission to reach out
to all people to teach, preach and heal.
Services are guided by professional
ethics and standards, and the principle
of good stewardship and accountability
to members and partners.
CHAK’s PMTCT Programme
The CHAK health institutions provide
approximately 20% of health care
services in Kenya. CHAK coordinates
health care delivery in 435 health
facilities of which 25 are hospitals. As a
major health care provider and as a
faith-based organization CHAK has
enormous responsibilities as well as a
unique strategic advantage in the AIDS
response. The overall goal of CHAK’s
HIV/AIDS Programme is to reduce HIV
transmission, improve the quality of life
of both people living with HIV and those
affected through providing PMTCT
services and comprehensive AIDS care
i.e. HIV prevention, and AIDS treatment,
care and support packages.
CHAK’s first PMTCT project at the
Kijabe Hospital was initially supported
by Elizabeth Glazer Paediatric AIDS
Foundation in 2000. The project
management was later transferred to
CHAK Secretariat which allowed it to
scale up to cover 12 hospitals. In 2004,
a further 20 lower-level health facilities
became involved, under the supervision
of hospitals.