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Free health care services for Adolescent Girls and Young Women in public health facilities (HIV prevention and treatment + SRHR)
Adolescent girls and young women can access health services in all public health facilities at no cost, including comprehensive sexual and reproductive health and rights and a full package of HIV prevention and treatment services.
Health services for Adolescent Girls and Young Women are provided in all public health facilities at no cost; these services include comprehensive sexual reproductive health and rights, as well as a full package of HIV prevention and treatment services
Reference
S CW196
Opening Date
16 March 2026
Youth-led organizations funded to raise awareness and create demand for access to healthcare services (Love Life and Soul City)
Young people can benefit from awareness and advocacy activities run by youth-led organizations funded by the Department, including Love Life and Soul City, which use mass media communications to amplify HIV prevention and treatment responses and improve access to healthcare services.
Department funds organizations such as Love Life and Soul City to raise awareness on HIV prevention and treatment response, advocate for the needs and interests of young people, and create demand for access to healthcare services to improve health and wellbeing.
Hubs of Hope in communities (youth-friendly services)
Adolescents and young people can access the same services provided in Youth Zones through the Hubs of Hope model in communities, designed to be youth-friendly and non-judgmental.
The same services are provided to adolescents and young people in communities through the Hubs of Hope model.
Youth Zones in public health facilities (youth-friendly integrated services)
Young people can use Youth Zones in public health facilities, where a dedicated time is set aside to prioritize them for comprehensive and integrated healthcare services, including HIV prevention and treatment and sexual and reproductive health.
These are dedicated spaces in public health facilities and communities designed to provide youth-friendly services in a non-judgmental manner. Currently, there are 2,336 Youth Zones established in the Country.
B-Wise digital platform for HIV prevention and treatment and SRHR information (with clinic locator and support)
Adolescents and young people can use the B-Wise platform to get HIV prevention and treatment and sexual and reproductive health and rights information, including a clinic locator, an interactive AI assistant, psychosocial support contact details, quizzes, and relevant content.
The department utilizes B-Wise as the innovative technological platform to disseminate HIV prevention and treatment, sexual and reproductive health, and rights information to adolescents and young people.
HIV prevention and treatment services scaled up for adolescents and young people (condoms, HIV self-screening kits, STI management, PrEP)
Adolescents and young people can access scaled-up HIV services including condom distribution, HIV self-screening (HIVSS) test kits, STI management, and Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) as part of the strategy’s health services.
The Department has consistently scaled up the provision of HIV services, ranging from condom distribution, HIV Self-screening (HIVSS) test kits, Sexual Transmitted Infections (STls) management, and Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP).
