TUUNGANE YOUTH CENTER
DESCRIPTION | SERVICES | ISSUES | PARTNERSHIP
SPONSORS | CONTACT
DESCRIPTION
Tuungane means" Let's come together” in Kiswahili. The Tuugane Youth Centre brings together youth, parents, teachers & religious leaders to fight HIV/AIDS among young
people aged 10-29 living in urban slums of Kisumu, Kenya.
Tuungane has one central youth center with five satellite centers in the slums of Kisumu. The Center
is open 8:30-7pm, 7 days a week set in a convenient location, has short queues, friendly staff, and personalized attention.
Youth prefer to receive treatment, care and other services under one roof and in a fun environment. Tuungane has a focused goal of prevention and treatment.
A youth-friendly and youth-only setting reduces barriers to care among youth increased 3-fold since introduction of care at Tuungane. In ˜6 months and with 2 clinical staff, Tuungane has enrolled 143 youth in care.
A strategic partnership between prevention & care programs optimizes service utilization while reducing redundancy.
SERVICES
Tuungane offers youth-specific HIV service to combine prevention & treatment:
- VCT & General counseling
- Health talks & IEC materials
- Recreational activities, plus internet
- STI, VCT & Care (ARV) services
- Technical supervision, clinical training & mentoring
- Paeds HIV care + ARV for children of mothers under 21 yrs
- Tuungane recruits clients, provides clinic space, equipment, staff, non-medical supplies & support counseling
- Post-rape care – coming soon!
- Family planning – coming soon!
ISSUES
- 9% of the 3,429 (or 304) youth aged 13-21 tested at Tuungane are HIV infected.
- There is a disproportionate prevalence among girls infected (14.7%) compared with boys (2.0%).
PARTNERSHIP WITH FACES
Tuungane has partnered with FACES. Family AIDS Care & Education Services (FACES) is a PEPFAR-funded program, a collaboration between the University of California, San Francisco and the Kenya Medical Research Institute. All these organizations share a common goal in providing comprehensive care to HIV infected patients and their families.
SPONSORS/PARTNERSHIPS
- FACES: Family AIDS Care & Education Services
- Impact Research & Development Organization
- Kenya Medical Research Institute
- University of British Columbia
- University of California, San Francisco,
- CDC Nairobi Kenya
CONTACT
TELEPHONE +254-57-2024065 / 2020585
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