The Ministry of Health (MOH) through the Division of National AIDS and STI Control Programme (NASCOP) will lead the implementation, in collaboration with the Centre for International Health, Education, and Biosecurity (CIHEB) Kenya. Key stakeholders form an executive steering committee and a national survey technical working group
Survey Design and Sample Size
Design:
Survey of 47 counties, with 6 counties with prevalence over 7% powered for county estimates of HIV Prevalence and Viral Load Suppression
Approach:
2 stage cluster survey, drawn from the Kenya Household Sampling Frame
Sample Size:
Clusters: 18,650
Participants: 38,740
Since 1st October 2023, several milestones have been achieved in this pre-survey period:
- 1. Constitution of an MOH led governance structure that brings National of viral load suppression National prevalence of Syphilis and hepatitis B together key stakeholders
- Held national technical working group meetings and executive steering committee meetings
- 1. Extraction of a nationally representative size.
- 1. Assessment of laboratories across the 47 counties
Key next steps
- 1. Ramp up in survey activities to increase visibility across the country
- 2. Continued engagement with key stakeholders across the various sectors, vital for the success of the survey, to realize a tentative start of data collection in early, 2025.