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Utilizing Digital Spaces To Reach Youth With
HIV/SRH Messages
The Case of the LVCT Health/Safaricom Private Public
Partnership
Gitau E; Kibutha A; Thiomi J; Ikahu A; Otiso, L
6th International Conference on Peer Education, Sexuality, HIV & AIDS
2014
Dates: 16- 18 June 2014

2. We have rebranded. We are now LVCT Health

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ABOUT LVCT Health
www.lvcthealth.org
• LVCT Health (formerly known as Liverpool VCT, Care
and treatment (LVCT)) is an indigenous Kenyan non-
governmental and non-profit organization.
• Founded in 1998 and registered in 2001
• LVCT Health envisions healthy societies and uses
research results, capacity improvement and policy
reform action for equitable HIV, SRH services to the
most vulnerable populations.
• LVCT health reached 1.3m Kenyans with HTC in 2013
with 80% linkage to care, 40,000 in care, 4300 survivors
of sexual violence in 124 MOH facilities and 150,000
youthful callers to one2one hotline.

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Presentation Outline
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• Background
• Description
• Results
• Lessons Learnt
• Conclusions and Recommendations

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Background
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• 70% of Kenya’s young people live in rural areas
• Most qualified HIV & RH service providers
located in urban/semi urban areas.
• Mobile telephony penetration stands at 77.3%
with 89% of 15-24 year olds engaging with their
phones at least once a day for various reasons.

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• one2one© is LVCT Health’s flagship innovative &
evidence based youth programme aiming to deliver
accurate HIV/SRH info ^ services to young people
in an interactive approach
• The one2one youth hotline was set up in 2006 to
provide info & tele-counselling services to youth on
HIV/AIDS & related sexuality, SRH issues through a
mobile platform.
• Runs on the short code 1190.

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How It Works
• Referrals to the one2one 1190 hotline
• Individualized anonymous interactions
• Confidentiality as per national counseling protocols
• Appropriate referrals provided
• By the minute data available for mining
• Reports generated
• Research gaps identified
• Policy advocacy agenda prioritized
• Tailored programming solutions

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• LVCT Health/Safaricom partnership formed in 2011
• Safaricom, largest mobile service provider in Kenya with 80%
market volume
• Safaricom hosts the one2one counsellors at the state of art
Jambo Call Centre. LVCT Health pays for space.
• Calls and text message charges subsidized, thus the service is
toll free to all its clients, mostly young people
• Use of quality infrastructure to receive/respond to calls,
collect/analyze data & generate reports.
• Enhanced call quality, improved infrastructure and financial
leveraging
LVCT Health/ Safaricom Partnership

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Call Rates Through The Years
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Results of PPP
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Conclusions and Recommendations
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• Need to rigorously evaluate our interventions & show
that they work to reduce HIV and RH vulnerability
among adolescents
• Working together, state and non-state actors in low and
middle income countries should jointly embrace the
opportunities that private public partnerships present in
scaling up HIV prevention efforts amongst youth.
• Such opportunities include enhancing referral systems,
better follow up mechanisms, assured quality
management, data collection and utilization.

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Thank You
CONTACT US:
egitau@lvcthealth.org
one2one@lvcthealth.org
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