LVCT Health is a Kenyan non-governmental and not-for-profit organization registered in 2001 after a research project that pioneered the first three HIV voluntary counselling and testing centres in Kenya.
They aim to drastically reduce new HIV infections: increase equitable access to quality health services through innovative, integrated, comprehensive and high impact services and programs that can be delivered at scale.
Their work is anchored in a Research-Policy-Practice -RPP framework (Hatua model) through which they implement evidence informed programs. They pilot innovative solutions to the HIV challenges identified in the national and community priorities and support scale up for population level impact.
Their programmatic focus 2018-2021 is on HIV Testing, HIV Prevention, Care and Treatment, Gender Based Violence HIV Testing, HIV Prevention, Care and Treatment as articulated in their Strategic plan. They use research and implementation evidence to strengthen health systems and support policy development.
They are currently working in 25 of the 47 counties in Kenya. They are also a technical support, coordination and re-granting resource for countries in Eastern and Southern Africa.
Their core values are fundamental to their identity and drive their organisational culture. They are:
Commitment to Service: They are passionate about their mission; they go beyond the call of duty and seek to deliver value that supersedes their clients’ and partners’ expectations.
Accountability: They are efficient, transparent and responsibly apply resources entrusted to us for optimal benefit to their beneficiaries.
Quality: They put on their personal and professional best to deliver to the satisfaction of all. They set and maintain the Gold Standard.
Integrity: They consistently live their commitments and hold theirselves to the highest level of moral and ethical uprightness and honesty.
Courage: They are trailblazers. They boldly take leadership on new frontiers, question status quo and undertake change where need be.
