Influence of Monitoring and Evaluation of Hiv/Aids Interventions on Perfomance of Hiv/Aids Care and Treatment Program in Nakuru County, Kenya

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the influence of monitoring and evaluation of HIV/AIDS interventions on performance of HIV/AIDS care and treatment program in Nakuru County, Kenya. This was guided by the following objectives: to establish the influence of monitoring and evaluation of decentralization and to establish the influence of monitoring and evaluation of access to HIV care and treatment services on performance of HIV/AIDS care and treatment program, in facilities in Nakuru County, Kenya. This study may be of significance to scholars in the health sector, and may also help decision makers and clients. This study was carried out in Nakuru West Sub County, Nakuru County, Kenya, targeting 11630 active people living with HIV/AIDS and 50 health care providers in 14 health facilities in the Sub County offering HIV/AIDS care and treatment services. The study used descriptive cross-sectional survey. Analysis of data was done by descriptive statistics and statistical package for social science (SPSS). The findings have been presented and interpreted using tables. Summary of findings, discussions, conclusions and recommendations were also done. From the findings the researcher concluded that there is increased number of facilities offering HIV/AIDS care and treatment and a significant number of the population is reached with HIV/AIDS care and treatment services, majority of the clinicians and patients agreed that some patients bypass other ART sites when coming for HIV /AIDS care and treatment services. The researcher recommends that all lower level facilities should offer HIV/AIDS care and treatment and put in place mechanisms to Monitor and Evaluate integration of HIV/AIDS care and treatment services. The researcher also recommends that health facilities should increase health staff to help them meet PLHIV needs and increase inter-professional and inter-departmental collaboration to improve access to their services.  More studies should be done on; Influence of monitoring and evaluation on performance of HIV/AIDS care and treatment program in other parts of the country since this study focused only Nakuru county and on other interventions.