KMD Counseling Unit

 

Vision

The Counseling Unit envisions an excellent World Class Psychologically Healthy Forecasting Workforce that Provides Optimum Contribution to Improved Quality of Life.

 

Mission

To Facilitate and coordinate the development and implementation of HIV & AIDS programmes in prevention, control, treatment, care and support in the Kenya Meteorological Department

 

HIV and Aids Control Unit

 

Main Objective  

Reduce the spread of HIV and Improve the quality of life of those infected and affected at the workplace

 

Specific Objectives

(a)   Prevention of New infections

Ø  Increasing Awareness   and Access to Counseling and Testing (VCT)

Ø  Condom promotion- promote correct and consistent condom use

Ø  Behavior Change Communication (BCC) Programmes

Ø  Ensure prevention and Treatment Efforts are Mutually Supported (ART Information)

 

(b)Improvement of the Quality of Life of People Infected and Affected by HIV & Aids

Ø  Providing psychosocial support

Ø  Promoting access to  required services

Ø   Promoting Home Based Care

Ø  Reducing Stigma and Discrimination of infected and affected

 

     © Effective Protection of Human Rights 

Ø  Educating on legal, treatment and reproductive health rights 

Ø  Mainstreaming HIV & Aids at workplace 

Ø  Building capacity of PLWHA to advocate and protect their rights- promoting greater involvement of PLWHA in our programmes 

Ø  Enhance public awareness and advocacy  on HIV and Aids

 

 (d) Mitigation of Social and Economic Impact

Ø  Creating awareness on the impacts of HIV/Aids for comprehensive mitigation action among policy makers and general population.

Networking with other national and international stakeholders

 

Action Plan and Achieved Targets/milestones for the FY 2007 – 2008 

•         VCT services-  13 days of mobile VCT with good attendance

•         Advocacy/awareness creating- 3 family Open days, ASK Nairobi, WMD

•         Seminars- held at Hqs, Central, Rift valley and Coast provinces

•         Condom Uptake – 26,624 male condoms and 330 female condoms

•         Support – for staff (infected and affected), post election violence

•         Networks- internal, national and international activities

•         Training-    3 officers were trained  

 

Plan for FY 2008-2009 

•         Training- for contact persons at all stations (preferably all at leadership levels)

•         Seminars – Reach out to all staff and especially in stations where the national prevalence is high ( Nyanza, Nairobi, Coast and Eastern)

•         IEC materials-  develop and disseminate a newsletter/brochures/CD

•         Participate- Trade Fair, CEO,s testing week, WAD, WMD,GHC (candlelight memorial)

•         Counseling - On-going

 

ACTIVITIES