Mapping of Health Services Along Major Transport Corridors in East Africa

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Updates for the East African region

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Mapping of Health Services Along Major Transport Corridors in East Africa.pdf

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HIV and AIDS/STI and TB Multisectoral Strategic Plan and Implementation Framework 2015 - 2020

Evidence suggests that migrants such as long-distance truck drivers and female sex workers (FSWs) and other key and vulnerable populations associated with major transport hubs are highly vulnerable to HIV, tuberculosis (TB) and malaria.

The International Organization for Migration (IOM), FHI 360 and North Star Alliance, on behalf of the East African Community (EAC) Member States, conducted a systematic mapping of existing health facilities, HIV and AIDS service providers and actors along major transport corridors in Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda. It is hoped that the findings from this mapping exercise will serve as a guide for the EAC in the development of an integrated health and HIV and AIDS strategy and programming along transport corridors in the region.