08 Jul • Kenya
Kenya: Population Services Kenya implements PPM strategy for early TB diagnosis
The project aims to engage and build capacity of health providers to participate in TB case-detection through screening and linkage to diagnosis.
07 November, 2019
Kenya: University students screen for TB on campus and surroundings
Medical students at Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT) screened for TB in the University campus and surroundings with support from Stop TB Partnership-Kenya.
20 May, 2019
African Regional TB Summit: It’s time for Africa to step up efforts to find all missing people with TB
The African Regional TB Summit took place March 4-6 in Kigali, Rwanda, to review progress and challenges, share best practices and support countries to achieve national and global targets.
03 May, 2019
Kenya: FIKIA Project increases TB case finding in children by improving child contact management
FIKIA identified children at TB risk and improved diagnosis and provision of preventive treatment through the management of children with household exposure to TB patients and contact investigation.
02 January, 2019
Stop TB Partnership Kenya: Street dance competition provides opportunity to screen youths for TB
The annual street dance competition engages youths from slums in Nairobi and uses the occasion to provide access to a wide range of health services and information.
12 November, 2018
Kenya: National Tuberculosis Program scales up Active Case Finding approach to entire country
Active Case Finding approach was initially implemented in 13 counties but is now being scaled up to all 47 counties. The main aim is to ensure early TB diagnosis.
21 August, 2018
Stop TB Partnership-Kenya and Central Organization of Trade Union team up to screen workers for TB
This partnership aims to find the missing people with TB among workers who are not likely to seek health care. Interventions will be carried out at their workplaces to facilitate access.
13 August, 2018
KENYA INNOVATION CHALLENGE TB FUND to find the missing people with TB
Have an innovative idea to find the missing people with TB in Kenya? Here is your opportunity!
07 August, 2018
Kenya is missing more than 54% of its 169,000 people estimated to have developed drug-sensitive TB in 2016. During the same year, nearly 89% of its 3,000 people estimated to have developed drug-resistant TB were also missed by the health system.
To find more of its missing people with TB, Kenya is taking a three-prong approach focused on improved TB case detection and diagnosis, enhanced engagement of all care providers, and improved TB care delivery. This strategy will focus on using pay-for-performance and other approaches to motivate health facility management to implement TB case finding activities (systematic TB screening) as routine standard of care for all clients seeking care in supported hospitals. Emphasis is given to pediatric clinics, HIV clinics, out-patients departments and in-patient wards.
Kenya also engages in continuous efforts to use digital chest X-ray as the main screening test for children and other key populations. To optimize the use of GeneXpert as the first TB test of all presumptive TB cases, specimen referral systems are strengthened. In another approach to intensify TB case finding in the private sector, policies and tools will be revised. Moreover, a pay-for-performance cash reimbursement will be established for private health facilities to incentivize rapid uptake of early TB case detection practices.
Kenya is also setting up a County Innovation Challenge Fund (CIC-F). This unique grant mechanism seeks to generate demand and provides two-year financial support to county-specific, innovative interventions from civil society organizations as local solutions for underserved and key population groups. The CIC-F complements the national TB response with empowering community-based organizations to set up tailored responses through active involvement of communities in identifying and addressing barriers towards reducing their local TB case detection gaps.