Health Programme projects implements its activities in the urban and peri-urban
settlements of Kisumu. This includes HIV/AIDS, Environmental Health and Sanitation, Child
counselling, nutrition, home based care, safe pair of hands, comprehensive care Centre and
outpatient clinic.

CHILD COUNSELLING

• Psychosocial support services to children in and out of schools.
• Family therapy sessions to families of HIV infected and affected children.
• Capacity building to teachers and head teachers on psychosocial support(PSS) and
  child safe safeguarding.
• Children support club meetings to HIV-infected children for positive living.
• Bereavement counselling services to children going through loss and grief of their
  relatives.

ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PROJECT ACTIVITIES

• Mapped open defecation hotspots in Nyalenda A and B as well as Obunga settlement.
• GIS mapping for open defecation sites
• Continued follow up exercise for Urban led total sanitation in the three informal
  settlements.
• Support the development of Kisumu County Environmental Sanitation and
  Hygiene(KESH)policy and bill
• 2DMM water scheme phase 1 and 2 in Dago completed and commissioned and 4 water
  kiosks also constructed.
• Supported construction of 5.4km DMM pipeline extension (last line connection) in the three
  informal settlements.
• Conducted 19 sessions on hygiene and sanitation in schools.
• Trained 140 neighborhood planning Associations on leadership, lobbying, management and
  advocacy.
• Trained Kisumu Informal Settlements Network(KISNET)members, a total of 20 members on
  lobbying and advocacy.
• Trained 25 school patrons on hygiene and sanitation.
• Training of 140 sanitation champions on hygiene and sanitation.
• Partnership with county government and civil service organizations.
• 4,296 teenage mothers and young women trained on menstrual hygiene.
• 122 school’s health club members trained on personal hygiene.
• Distribution of handwashing vessels for hygiene promotion in schools benefiting 12,500
  pupils
• 35 KUAP staff and board members trained on child right and safeguarding policies.
• 162 teenage mothers trained on production of reusable sanitary pads.

COMPREHENSIVE CARE CENTRE

• Care & treatment to all persons enrolled in the Comprehensive Care Centre who are HIV
  positive
• Defaulter tracing to clients who have defaulted.
• Home visits to clients with high viral loads and adherence support to clients.
• Formations and strengthening of clients’ support groups.
• Conducting care and treatment to clients.
• Conducting psychological support sessions to clients.

HIV/AIDS

• Health educations in schools and community.
• Follow-up and rehabilitation of alcohol and drug users.
• Conducting Adults -Disease Approach to community.
• Conducting HIV-Testing services to community members.
• Conducting life skills and healthy choices, tracing sessions for adolescent, teenagers and
  youth in and out of schools

HOME BASED CARE

• To conduct follow up
• Identify clients with opportunistic infection(OI) to be treated within the project.
• Carry out mobile clinic targeting bed-ridden clients in the community.
• Identify clients who are in need of nutritional support.
• Networking and collaboration with other organization who provide other services that HBC
  does not provide.