Stay safe & clinics are open

Given the rapidly changing environment around COVID-19, we want to let you know that FACES is continuing to work closely the County MOH to provide HIV care and treatment services. Clinics are open and seeing patients. To keep patients safe and help reduce the spread of the COVID-19 we are screening...

Case managers helping patients navigator the tough times

FACES case managers help patients navigate through the tough times. This recent case manager training brought staff together to build and share skills in managing patients with complicated health issues for improved viral load suppression and retention.

Adolescent Peer Lead Training

Fifteen adolescent peer leads, eight identification and retention assistants, and eight clinicians gathered for psychosocial, adolescent transition, and differentiated care training in Kisumu. Providing adolescents and young adults in care with the knowledge, support, and services they need to lead...

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Uniting against HIV/AIDS

Empowering adolescent peer leads

Support from peers is critical to delivering adolescent and youth friendly health services. On September 24th, adolescent peer leads from 8 adolescent centers met to share best practices, skill build on psycho social support, and to strategize on ways to further enhance services and outcomes.

Turning the tide on HIV through novel program and research initiatives in Kisumu County.

Our esteemed FACES Director, Dr. Francesca Odhiambo, visiting UCSF Mission Bay from Kenya, presented on the impactful work underway to surpass 90.90.90 and end childhood HIV.

Pivotal work by SEARCH

Pivotal work by the Sustainable East Africa Research in Community Health (SEARCH) study in which FACES was a partner in Homabay and Migori counties! SEARCH along with two other trials demonstrates the benefits of universal test-and-treat and provides hope for increasing viral load suppression and...

Improving adolescent health

Adolescent clinic days translate into better viral load suppression. A FACES study on the Kenya Ministry of Health Adolescent Package of Care (APOC), which guides providers on delivering adolescent-tailored health services, found that adolescent clinic days greatly improve adolescent viral load...

Microbicide education for males

Promising HIV prevention findings from a FACES affiliated study: Men and women both support microbicide education for male partners to increase men’s understanding about microbicide use, promote adherence, and to help women gain partner trust. Read more at https://doi.org/10.1080/13691058.2019....