Kenya: Strengthening the world of work response on HIV/AIDS - AIDS Capacity building and Technical Support (ACTS)

Executive Summary The proposed project will support Kenya in developing comprehensive programmes to address high risk populations and vulnerable workers and their families, as well as the capacity gaps in the national AIDS response. The ultimate beneficiaries that will directly gain from the project, and hence reduce their risk to HIV infection, will be workers and employers in Kenya, including their families. The project will build the capacity of national institutions and organizations to respond to HIV/AIDS and will support those actors to build networks and structures to channel this response to the ultimate beneficiaries. This entails making sure that compliance and enforcement systems of policy and legal frameworks on HIV/AIDS are in place. The proposed project will contribute to the reduction of HIV incidence among individuals (men and women) through an effective world of work response. The outcomes of the project will be: 1. Improved legal and policy compliance to ensure the application of the policy and legal frameworks is in place to protect the rights of affected male and female workers and their families; 2. Effective interventions addressing prevention and impact mitigation in the formal and informal economy are designed and implemented in Kenya

Project symbol

KEN/09/51/OPE

Admin unit

CO-Dar es Salaam

Start date

01/09/2009

End date

31/12/2011

Total allocation

209523

Total expenditure

Status

Closed

209523

Development Partners

OPEC Fund for International Development (OFID)

Country/Countries

Kenya

Outcomes

HIV/AIDS