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Kenya jointly has the third-largest HIV epidemic in the world (alongside Tanzania) with 1.5 million people living with HIV. HIV continues to be a leading cause of adult morbidity and mortality. Stemming new HIV infections among adolescents and young people aged 15-24 years, the situation blamed on the layered challenge of adolescent pregnancies and sexual and gender-based violence, now dubbed the triple threat. These overlapping challenges of new HIV infections increased by 7.3% in 2021 from 32,027 to 34,540 in 2021 in Kenya for the first time in a decade. 67% of these new infections are among women and girls and 53% of deaths are among men.
Efforts by the government and stakeholders have seen the country’s HIV response yield a 58% decline in annual AIDS-related deaths from 52,964 in 2010 to 22,373 in 2021 reflecting a five-fold increase in the number of people living with HIV on life-saving antiretroviral treatment, from about 250,000 thousand in 2010 to 1.12 million in 2021. The mother to child transmission (MTCT) rate stands at 8.6% an indication that there is still a lot of work that needs to be done.
The Ministry of Health through NASCOP spearheads biomedical interventions on the fight against HIV and AIDS. NASCOP contributes to the bulk of the implementation of the Kenya Aids Strategic Framework (KASF 11 2020-2024). NASCOP in collaboration with WFP are planning to undertake revision /update nutrition treatment protocols in line with current guidelines and evidence.
The Nutrition treatment protocol will provide up-to-date information that is needed for effective nutrition counselling, care and support for people living with HIV. The combination of knowledge and skills presented will enable to provide quality nutrition care and support at various service points, and thereby contribute to improving the nutritional and health status and quality of life of people with HIV.
KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES (not all-inclusive)
Under the overall authority of the NASCOP nutrition technical lead and WFP program officer :
STANDARD MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
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