Supporting community action on HIV & AIDs and TB

Mapping HIV & AIDS and TB Service Organizations in

Kenya

Supporting community action on HIV & AIDs and TB

KANCO

Kenya AIDS NGO’s Consortium (KANCO) is a national network membership of non-governmental organizations (NGOs), community based organizations (CBOs) and faith-based organizations (FBOs) involved in or that have interest in HIV & AIDS and TB activities in Kenya and the Linking Organisation (LO)for the International HIV/AIDS Alliance.

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To provide leadership, collaboration and enhance capacity among CSOs and other stakeholders to respond to HIV & AIDS and TB at the community level

Mission

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For the period 2010-2014, KANCO is focusing on three main strategic directions that include;Community Systems Strengthening

Improving policy for HIV and TB

Institutional Systems Strengthening

Focus

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Background Mapping In 2009 KANCO initiated a process of mapping CSO AIDS service providers across the country

Currently 350 AIDS service CSO’s have been mapped showing their location and the type of services they provide.

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Make existing information more public and useful for networking, planning and advocacy

Enable individuals and communities to provide feedback on the quality and availability of HIV, AIDS and TB services

Inform decision-makers on the availability of HIV, AIDS and TB services being provided by CSOs

Why mapping

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Location of AIDS service organization

Types of services Provided by the organization

Source of funding for the organization

Organization profile 

What Information

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Add your organization to the map

Connect to an organizations listed on the map

Sign-up to email alerts for a specific geographic area

Read and comment on the map blog

Go to www.kanco.org > click Mapping

Important features

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AIDS Service organizations image screen

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Challenges

Low access to internet connectivity in rural areas

Local CBO’s without ICT facilities unable to upload their profiles

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Looking to the future…

Information displayed will include:Bulk exportDirectoryCounty profilesSMS for referrals to services on the map

Receive SMS alerts as new info in your area added to map

Submit feedback on services via SMS

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Bulk SMSWith the growing number of members KANCO sought innovative communication tools one of which is the bulk SMS

This is a tool where information can be communicated to many partners at the same time

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Faster to communicate and respond SMS is cheaper in sending mass bulk

messages . It’s timeless. The bulk SMS is a novel form of

media communication. It’s not bound by geographic coverage-

flexible. You can send bulk SMS anytime anywhere.

It’s targeted. The bulk SMS is targeted to campaigning, advocacy, networking and information sharing, disseminating resources and facilitating discussions.

Benefits of Bulk SMS

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Conclusion

Despite the challenges be faced because of infrastructural constraints, applying ICT as a tool, in mainstreaming HIV/AIDS can be a cost-effective solution to increasing the information reach. This would contribute to the global theme of Zero New Infections, Zero AIDS-related Deaths and Zero Discrimination.

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THANK YOU

Allan RAGIExecutive Director

Kenya AIDS NGOs ConsortiumWeb: www.kanco.org