The Academic Model for the Prevention and Treatment of HIV/AIDS
2011
This case traces the Academic Model for the Prevention and Treatment of HIV/AIDS (AMPATH) in Eldoret, Kenya. The case opens with a discussion of AMPATH’s new Home-Based Counseling and Testing Program (HCT) and its prospects for improving HIV care in Western Kenya. After providing some background on the general political, economic, and health situation in Kenya, it follows the development of the founding organization, the Indiana University – Moi University (IU-MU) Partnership, from 1990 to 2000, its subsequent entry into HIV care services through AMPATH in 2001, and AMPATH’s rapid growth to become the largest provider of HIV services in Kenya. It then describes the organizational and operational characteristics of AMPATH, and concludes with the organization wrestling with the opportunities and operational challenges that HCT presents.
Learning Objectives: To understand the development and design of a large scale HIV care program in a resource-limited setting and to examine how HIV treatment programs can effectively configure their services to provide maximum value to the populations they serve.
The Global Health Delivery (GHD) Project, an interdisciplinary collaboration between Harvard Business School, Harvard Medical School, and Brigham and Women’s Hospital, investigates the management decisions behind disease treatment and prevention globally. The Global Health Delivery (GHD) Case Collection is a set of teaching case studies that are available for all at no cost online through Harvard Business Publishing, GHDonline, and The Case Centre.
The Academic Model for the Prevention and Treatment of HIV/AIDS
Source:
Park P et al. The Academic Model for the Prevention and Treatment of HIV/AIDS. Global Health Delivery Project, Harvard Business Publishing 2011. https://www.globalhealthdelivery.org/case-collection/case-studies/africa/academic-model-prevention-and-treatment-hivaids.