Condom Advocacy

Key achievements
Significant progress has been done in the following area.

Condoms are available in most of the districts.
Many distribution outlets for condoms have been opened in 4 provinces. (In four pilot provinces namely Nyanza Western, Coast and Nairobi the distribution of condoms had reached over 10 m per month because the JSI was facilitating. After the support was withdrawn the number per month now is staggering at 3m per month).
The increase in uptake condoms has had a significant impact on the prevalence of STI/HIV/AIDS. Helped reduced new infections especially among those engaged in high-risk behavior, youth and commercial sex workers (CSW).
Development of tools to monitor the distribution and consumption of condoms are being revised.
Distribution of female condoms is being carried out along side the male one.
Advocacy funds have been issued to selected nine (9) districts
To decongest main KEMSA warehouse many condoms have been distributed to regional warehouses. Districts need not come to Nairobi KEMSA for condoms.
Many organizations NGOs, CBOs and other institutions access condoms from district store
There is an increase in demand for condoms especially among the youth.
Training of TOTs on advocacy was undertaken in two provinces namely Central and part of Rift Valley.

Objectives

1) To develop a Curriculum in Advocacy in HIV/AIDS prevention
2) To Adopt the community Strategy in HIV/AIDS Prevention
3) To roll out the reviewed condom monitoring tools