Access to care: Qualitative research study in Kenya

After initial training in qualitative research, the research team of the Omari Project, KANCO and LSHTM focused on interviews in Malindi, on the Kenyan coast.

This first wave of qualitative interviews were undertaken in a place called Kisumu Ngogo, which comprises around 4,000 small houses, connected by a series of small paths and alleyways.

This data from the first few months of data collection is giving clear insight in to some of the risks PWID on the Kenyan coast face. The difficulty of accessing, storing and using needles and syringes is clear, leading to risks of HIV transmission, but also of arrest and imprisonment.

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