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Supporting community action on HIV & AIDs and TB
Mapping HIV & AIDS and TB Service Organizations in
Kenya
Supporting community action on HIV & AIDs and TB
KANCO
Kenya AIDS NGO’s Consortium (KANCO) is a national network membership of non-governmental organizations (NGOs), community based organizations (CBOs) and faith-based organizations (FBOs) involved in or that have interest in HIV & AIDS and TB activities in Kenya and the Linking Organisation (LO)for the International HIV/AIDS Alliance.
Supporting community action on HIV & AIDs and TB
To provide leadership, collaboration and enhance capacity among CSOs and other stakeholders to respond to HIV & AIDS and TB at the community level
Mission
Supporting community action on HIV & AIDs and TB
For the period 2010-2014, KANCO is focusing on three main strategic directions that include; Community Systems Strengthening
Improving policy for HIV and TB
Institutional Systems Strengthening
Focus
Supporting community action on HIV & AIDs and TB
Background Mapping
In 2009 KANCO initiated a process of mapping CSO AIDS service providers across the country
Currently 350 AIDS service CSO’s have been mapped showing their location and the type of services they provide.
Supporting community action on HIV & AIDs and TB
Make existing information more public and useful for networking, planning and advocacy
Enable individuals and communities to provide feedback on the quality and availability of HIV, AIDS and TB services
Inform decision-makers on the availability of HIV, AIDS and TB services being provided by CSOs
Why mapping
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Location of AIDS service organization
Types of services Provided by the organization
Source of funding for the organization
Organization profile
What Information
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Add your organization to the map
Connect to an organizations listed on the map
Sign-up to email alerts for a specific geographic area
Read and comment on the map blog
Go to www.kanco.org > click Mapping
Important features
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AIDS Service organizations image screen
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Challenges
Low access to internet connectivity in rural areas
Local CBO’s without ICT facilities unable to upload their profiles
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Looking to the future…
Information displayed will include: Bulk export Directory County profiles SMS for referrals to services on the map
Receive SMS alerts as new info in your area added to map
Submit feedback on services via SMS
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Bulk SMS
With the growing number of members KANCO sought innovative communication tools one of which is the bulk SMS
This is a tool where information can be communicated to many partners at the same time
Supporting community action on HIV & AIDs and TB
Faster to communicate and respond SMS is cheaper in sending mass bulk
messages . It’s timeless. The bulk SMS is a novel form of
media communication. It’s not bound by geographic coverage-
flexible. You can send bulk SMS anytime anywhere.
It’s targeted. The bulk SMS is targeted to campaigning, advocacy, networking and information sharing, disseminating resources and facilitating discussions.
Benefits of Bulk SMS
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Conclusion
Despite the challenges be faced because of infrastructural constraints, applying ICT as a tool, in mainstreaming HIV/AIDS can be a cost-effective solution to increasing the information reach. This would contribute to the global theme of Zero New Infections, Zero AIDS-related Deaths and Zero Discrimination.
Supporting community action on HIV & AIDs and TB
THANK YOU
Allan RAGIExecutive Director
Kenya AIDS NGOs ConsortiumWeb: www.kanco.org