facilitator: justus aungo, phd. co-facilitators: zebedee mkala and carlos laudari
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WEWS10. Negotiating Religious Barriers to Mobilizing and Building Capacity of Key populations (KP) for HIV Prevention in Sub-Saharan Africa. Facilitator: Justus Aungo, PhD. Co-Facilitators: Zebedee Mkala and Carlos Laudari Pathfinder International. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Negotiating Religious Barriers to Mobilizing and Building Capacity of Key populations (KP) for HIV Prevention in
Sub-Saharan Africa
Facilitator: Justus Aungo, PhD.Co-Facilitators: Zebedee Mkala and Carlos Laudari
Pathfinder International
WEWS10
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Session 4:
BUILDING BRIDGESby Zebedee Mkalla
Sharing what is working in Kenya
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Public meeting and sharing sessions
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Case study of Kenyan Coast• Challenge to prevention: Religious demonstration
against meeting on KPs;• Action Taken: Multi-level stakeholder engagement
through TWG and community mobilization• Key strategy: framing KP access to prevention
service as health right; prevention for all; and religious obligation ‘as thy brother’s keeper’; .
• Result: increased service provision to KP; and KP participation and ownership of prevention initiatives.
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DISCUSSION HIGHLIGHTS:
a. Mobilizing public involvementb. Establishment of technical working groupsc. Media involvement and publicityd. State and local administration buy-in and
involvemente. Integrated service provision- each service
provider finding nichef. KP-led advocacy for involvement
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Summary
• Whereas programming interests may mainly focus on the provision of services to KAP; an enabling environment is extremely essential.
• This can be assured by leadership by government agencies through TWG’S to ensure that there are requisite policies, guidelines and direction for implementation of sound interventions.