- Expertise
- Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health
- HIV/AIDS
- Tuberculosis
- Malaria
- Reproductive Health and Family Planning
- Food and Nutrition
- Vulnerable Children and Families
- Approaches
- Quality Improvement
- Health Systems Strengthening
- Health Workforce Development
- Health Communication and Behavior Change
- Research and Evaluation
- Government Procurement Vehicles
- Technical Assistance and Support Contract Three: Global Health (TASC3 Global Health)
- Tuberculosis Indefinite Quantity Contract (TB IQC)
- USAID Health Care Improvement Project (HCI IQC)
- TRAction Project (LWA)
- Global Fund Consulting Services
- Mission Oriented Business Improvement Services (MOBIS)
- SAMHSA Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity Contract (IDIQ)
- International Technical Operational and Professional Support Services II (ITOPPS II)
- Partnering with CHS
- Customized Partnerships
- Illustrative Clients
USAID Health Care Improvement Project (HCI) | Kenya
Funded by: The President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief through the US Agency for International Development
Project Duration: 2009 to present
Countries: Kenya
Geographic Focus:8 provinces - Nairobi, Nyanza, Rift Valley, Coast, Eastern,
North Eastern, Western, and Central
Partners:
The Government of Kenya’s Ministry of Gender, Children and
Social Development and Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation, Jhpiego,
African Medical and Relief Foundation (AMREF), FHI, Catholic Relief Services (CRS),
Pathfinder International, ChildFund International, Food for the Hungry, PATH
and World Vision.
With PEPFAR funding, URC is supporting the Ministry of Gender, Children, and Social Development and its partners to improve the quality of services provided to orphans and vulnerable children (OVC) countrywide through the development and piloting of standards for OVC programs.
Read more about the HCI project or visit http://www.hciproject.org/.
- Support the national OVC Technical Working Group to develop draft standards in consultation with stakeholders countrywide and facilitate a consensus development process to finalize the draft standards
- Assist partners in selected provinces to pilot the standards and gather evidence that providing services according to the standards makes a measurable difference in children’s well-being
- Engage AIDS, Population and Integrated Assistance Plus (APHIAplus) implementing partners in applying quality improvement approaches in the OVC services they support
- Based on the evidence gathered and feedback from implementers, assist the Ministry to finalize OVC quality standards
- Draft QI service standards
reviewed in a national validation meeting after a 9-month piloting
process. The validation findings are being consolidated into a final document
- Spread of OVC QI integration in OVC work countrywide through the APHIAplus zonal teams
Contact Information
To find out more, please email hci-info@urc-chs.com.
Expertise
HIV/AIDS; Vulnerable Children and Families
Approaches
Quality Improvement
- URC at AIDS 2012: Improving the Well-being of Vulnerable Children
- Film Highlights Successes in Improving the Well-being of Vulnerable Children in Kenya
- Day of the African Child: Focus on Orphans and Vulnerable Children
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- Care that Counts Initiative: A Standards-Based Approach to Improving Quality of Programs for Vulnerable Children and Families
- Improving Care for Vulnerable Children in Kenya: Results from Piloting Service Standards
- Implementation of Standards of Service Delivery for Orphans and Vulnerable Children in Kenya: A Prospective Evaluation of Performance, Costs and Equity
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