Table 1. Location and service delivery module for post-rape care services in Kenya.
Service required | Department responsible | Service delivery location in district hospitals | Predominant service delivery mode | |||
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Injuries management | – | Casualty | Horizontal | |||
Legal documentation | – | Examining medical officer | Horizontal | |||
Laboratory services (specimen analysis) | National Reference Laboratories | Local laboratory | Horizontal | |||
HIV testing | National Laboratories/NASCOP | Local laboratory | Vertical | |||
Emergency contraception | Division of Reproductive Health | Maternal and Child Health/Family Planning | Horizontal | |||
Counselling services (related to HIV) | National AIDS and STI Control Programme | Voluntary counselling and testing sites | Vertical | |||
Counselling services | Mental Health Services | Diagnostic counselling sites | Horizontal | |||
HIV PEP | National AIDS and STI Control Programme | HIV care clinics | Vertical | |||
STI prophylaxis | National AIDS and STI Control Programme/ Division of Reproductive Health | STI clinics | Vertical/horizontala | |||
Data and records management | Ministry of Health Monitoring and Evaluation Unit | District Health Records Information Office | Integrated health management information system |
NASCOP, National AIDS/STI Control Programme; PEP, post-exposure prophylaxis; STI, sexually transmitted infection. a Since 2006 STI treatment has been conducted through a horizontal approach.