Saving Resources through Sound GBV Screening: A Community Member Observation of GBV Screening by a CDC and PEPFAR Funded Program in Remote Counties of Kenya.
Abstract One of the key indicators monitored by programs implementing the PEPFAR-funded projects is school-based HIV and violence prevention. To prioritize this key performance indicator for the program, a vulnerability assessment is conducted through data collection on variables that build up gender-based violence; physical violence, emotional violence, and sexual violence among the AGYWs enrolled in these programs. Once a target priority is enumerated, GBV screening is conducted by a trained HTS provider. Wouldn’t the fund attain a more targeted and effective use if the vulnerability assessment data at enrollment was consistent with the GBV screening results? It is a postulation of this study that the data to support this claim as maintained by the program will reveal a great disparity and inconsistency because the enrollment data is blatant miss information when screening for GBV and the gap is in the manner of its collection, the point in time it is collected, the consultants tem...