NASCOP – National AIDS & STI Control Programme

The National AIDS and STI’s Control Programme (NASCOP) was established in 1987 to spearhead the Ministry of Health’s interventions on the fight against HIV/AIDS.

NASCOP therefore operates as a Unit within the Ministry of Health and is mainly involved with technical co-ordination of HIV and AIDS programmes in Kenya. NASCOP contributes to the bulk of the implementation of the Kenya Aids Strategic Framework (KASF) 2014-2019. 

The success outlined above is a direct result of the several programmes that NASCOP runs. These include the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV(PMTCT); HIV Testing and Counselling(HTC); basic education and dissemination of information about HIV; communication about behaviour change and mass media campaigns. In addition, NASCOP is spearheading efforts to increase access to male circumcision, anti-retroviral therapy and treatment for sexually transmitted infections.
Other programmes are peer education and youth-to-youth initiatives; prevention of transmission in medical settings, including safe blood transfusion and proper infection control as well as condom education, promotion and distribution.