Dr. Chebet, who is in charge, says, “We are excited as an organization, Jhpiego, to win this new award. It’s been an exciting period for us.”

The APHIAPLUS project enlists – what’s called – “a consortium of Kenyan partners to integrate a range of health services, products and information at all levels.”

The Kenyan population will have the chance to know their HIV status. This support will go into testing for HIV and AIDS. A greater part of this support will also be able to put a number of our Kenyan pop (population) that are currently positive on ARV (antiretroviral) drugs. We hope to manage close to half a million orphans and vulnerable children.

Chebet describes it as a new health implementation framework.

“So, the support is basically going to fill into the gaps that have been identified by the Kenyan government, in what we call a 5 year strategic plan in terms of a health network. So, it fills into a gap that we could not be able to afford as a government. It will basically consolidate a national outreach. It relates to services going right up to the village level,” he says.

Jhpiego began its work 35 years ago. It now operates in more than 140 countries.