Global Programs Kenya provided logistical, financial, operational, and administrative support to the Family AIDS Care and Education Services (FACES) program (2004-2021).
 
FACES, a collaboration between UCSF and KEMRI, provided and strengthened comprehensive, coordinated, and compassionate health services to HIV-affected families in Kisumu County in Kenya. Since 2004, FACES and the local Ministry of Health (MOH) have made tremendous strides in building systems for effective and sustainable HIV services using innovative and effective approaches. These approaches resulted in UNAIDS 95-95-95 target attainment, well ahead of the UNAID 2030 target date.
 
During the last five years across 63 health facilities:

• 1.7 million HIV tests were conducted;

• 55,255 people living with HIV received lifesaving ART with over 95 percent viral suppression; and

• virtual elimination of mother-to-child transmission was attained.

 
A few of the winning strategies FACES and MOH employed included:

• the establishment of robust laboratory networks;

• optimizing lay health care workers;

• employing community, family, and partner testing approaches, along with close follow-up for linkage to treatment;

• integrating services;

• rolling out patient-centered differentiated care services;

• launching eight dedicated adolescent health clinics; and

• continuous quality improvement monitoring and data use for improvement.

 
For more information please visit Family AIDS Care and Education Services.