Scope of Work - USAID/Kenya
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OVERVIEW:
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) office in Nairobi Kenya, is a US Government Agency that gives assistance in social, economic and humanitarian activities in Kenya. The executive office within USAID/Kenya manages the day to day administrative tasks and operations that support USAID development programs in Kenya and in East and parts of Central Africa.
PURPOSE
USAID is working with the Government of Kenya, at all levels, to build a strong health system responsive to the needs of individuals, families, and communities. These efforts include procuring essential medical commodities, improving supply chains, setting up information systems, and developing innovative fi nancing mechanisms to improve the well-being of Kenyans.
NAIROBI, Friday, April 24, 2015 -- In a significant effort to scale up Kenya's fight against wildlife crime, public- and private-sector partners have joined forces to address dangerously high levels of poaching and trafficking. In a two-day workshop, representatives of government, non-governmental organizations and the private sector identified targeted, practical interventions to fortify wildlife laws and policies and enhance a range of community and law-enforcement initiatives.
APHIAplus Nuru ya Bonde improves the lives of mothers, children and their families in Kenya’s Rift Valley region. The project focuses on delivery of quality health services related to HIV/AIDS, family planning, reproductive health, malaria and tuberculosis. APHIAplus Nuru ya Bonde leads interventions to strengthen HIV counseling and testing, prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV, increase family planning and reproductive health resources, and improve maternal and child health.
For generations, the United States has been a leader in providing development assistance to alleviate suffering in Kenya and across the globe. But food price spikes and resulting instability in 2007 and 2008 were a wake-up call: More needed to be done to break the vicious cycle of hunger and poverty.
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