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Foundation Projects

KEFA is currently supporting four foundational interdisciplinary research projects. The signature theme of these projects is prevention. That is the first priority of the Kenyan national HIV/AIDS strategic plan, and each of these projects addresses one of the aims of that plan. The study populations range from widows to commercial sex workers, and from new mothers to men and women living with HIV. All focus on prevention interventions. The following is an overview of the four studies:

Project 1:	"Widow Inheritance among the Luo: Developing Culturally Appropriate Interventions in the Context of Evolving Traditions" A project to design and implement an intervention to address widow inheritance as a risk behavior for HIV transmission among the Luo.
Project 2:	"From Unmet Need to Unused Service" A project designed to explain the low utlization of prevention of maternal to child transmission (PMTCT) services in Kenya.
Project 3:	"Secondary Prevention: Translation and Transfer of Evidence-based Interventions" A project to translate a "prevention with positives" counseling intervention for secondary HIV transmission risk reduction in HIV care settings in Kenya.
Project 4:	"Studies of Kenyan Female Commercial Sex Workers and Their Male Partners: Life Course and Harm Reduction Approaches" A project to examine the social context of sex work and identify opportunities for intervention. (funded through the UW match)