Strengthening Pediatric Case Finding Utilizing Community and Facility Approaches
Print
E-mail Date of Operation: 2008 – 2013
Primary Implementing Partner: African Network for Care of Children Affected by HIV/AIDS (ANECCA)
Regions of Operation: National
Goal:
Build capacity at primary health care level for providing quality comprehensive pediatric HIV treatment, care and support of HIV services.
Objectives:
- Strengthen technical capacity for improved delivery of pediatric HIV services at health center level through training of service providers
- Promote and support application of skills for delivery of quality and comprehensive pediatric HIV services through support supervision and clinical mentoring
- Facilitate decentralized pediatric HIV service delivery with appropriate resource materials
- Strengthen linkages between facility-based pediatric HIV and orphans and vulnerable children services
Description:
The project provides technical and logistical support to scale up and tailored training of health workers in pediatric HIV care and treatment as well as psychosocial care and counseling. A network has been established with various experienced pediatrics that provide services to HIV infected children in various regions.
