LVCT Health

What LVCT Health does

LVCT Health is a Kenyan non-profit organization founded in 2003 and headquartered in Nairobi, with regional offices in Mombasa and Homa Bay. The organization delivers HIV prevention, testing, and treatment; sexual and reproductive health (SRH); gender-based violence (GBV) response; mental health; and health system strengthening programs across 34 of Kenya's 47 counties, supporting 800+ government health facilities. Its scale of impact is substantial: over 10.5 million people tested for HIV, 206,000+ people on antiretroviral therapy with a 95% viral suppression rate, 219,865 pregnant women tested at first antenatal care with 100% ART uptake for prevention of mother-to-child transmission, and 4.8+ million adolescents and young people reached with SRH, HIV, and GBV information. The organization also runs specialized programs for key populations (female sex workers, men who have sex with men, people who inject drugs, transgender persons), inmates in 58 prisons across 32 counties, and GBV survivors.

The organization's core technology stack centers on a stepped-care digital health ecosystem branded as one2one™, which combines a website, bulk SMS/WhatsApp, peer-to-peer support, tele-counselling (1190 hotline), and referral pathways. This is complemented by purpose-built apps including OKY (menstrual health), REACH (mental health profiling), Appless (post-rape care referral), and the AGILE Chatbot (GBV information). LVCT Health has also developed a unique electronic linkage module that connects Kenya's eCHIS (community health information system) and KenyaEMR (facility EMR) systems to enable seamless referrals between community- and facility-level care. The organization's research arm operates three streams — sexual violence prevention, HIV prevention, and community health systems strengthening — with outputs that have directly informed Kenya's national PrEP and post-rape care guidelines.

LVCT Health is funded almost entirely through institutional donor grants and contracts from a concentrated set of global health funders, principally PEPFAR (via CDC and USAID), the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, NIHR, the Children's Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF), Swiss Development Cooperation, UK Aid/THET, and Together for Girls/Wellsprings Philanthropic Fund. Its go-to-market is consortium-based: it operates as consortium lead or implementing partner on multi-year, multi-county donor programs (LVCT Vukisha95, USAID Stawisha Pwani, LVCT Dhibiti, LVCT STAR, USAID MOSAIC, NIHR-SHINE, NIHR-C-it DU-it, ARISE, FGS, LEARN) and delivers services through government health facilities, drop-in centers for key populations, community health volunteers, and the digital platforms. Services are free at the point of delivery to end beneficiaries; LVCT Health monetizes exclusively through donor contracts.

Name

LVCT Health

Legal name

LVCT Health

Website

https://lvcthealth.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2003

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Short description

LVCT Health is a Kenyan non-profit founded in 2003 that delivers HIV prevention and treatment, sexual and reproductive health, gender-based violence response, and applied research across 34 counties, funded primarily by PEPFAR, USAID, the Gates Foundation, and other global health donors.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Public Health Services

NAICS

Individual and Family Services (6241), Other Individual and Family Services (624190)

SIC

Services-Health Services (8000), Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Disease-Specific Global Programs (HIV/TB/Malaria/NTDs) (HLAJAKAF)

akta.pro secondary industries

Patient Advocacy, Navigation & Access to Care (BPAGACAH), Protection, Child Protection & Gender-Based Violence (GBV) Response (BPAGAAAG), Community Mental Health Centers (CMHCs) & Public Behavioral Health Providers (HLAFACAI), Data Aggregation, Interoperability & APIs for RPM (FHIR/IoMT Gateways) (HLACAFAO)

Keywords

• HIV prevention services
• Sexual reproductive health
• Gender-based violence response
• Digital health platforms
• Health system strengthening

Headquarters

HQ city

Nairobi

HQ country

Kenya

HQ region

Africa

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Donor Grants and Contracts: Primary revenue from large institutional donor grants and contracts, primarily from PEPFAR (CDC, USAID), NIHR, Gates Foundation, Swiss Development Cooperation, Children's Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF), UK Aid/THET, and Together for Girls/Wellsprings Philanthropic Fund. Revenue flows through consortium partnerships where LVCT Health serves as implementing partner or lead organization.

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

LVCT Health delivers HIV testing, care, and treatment services; sexual and reproductive health programmes for adolescents and young people; gender-based violence prevention and post-rape care; mental health support; and health system strengthening. It operates as a consortium lead and implementing partner on PEPFAR/CDC, USAID, Gates Foundation, and other donor-funded programmes, delivering services through 800+ government health facilities, drop-in centres (DiCEs), community health volunteers, and a proprietary digital health ecosystem (one2one, OKY, REACH, Appless, AGILE Chatbot, 1190 tele-counselling hotline) across 34 of Kenya's 47 counties.

Product overview

LVCT Health operates as an African health innovation organization offering a portfolio of digital health solutions alongside traditional health programmes. The digital portfolio centres on the one2one™ stepped care model — a multi-channel platform combining website, social media, SMS, WhatsApp, peer-to-peer support, tele-counselling (1190 hotline), and referral mechanisms — augmented by purpose-built apps including OKY (menstrual health), REACH (mental health profiling), Appless (post-rape care referral), and the AGILE Chatbot (GBV information). Physical community and facility services are integrated with these digital touchpoints through an electronic linkage module connecting government eCHIS and KenyaEMR systems.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• one2one Digital Platform Stepped care digital health platform providing comprehensive SRH, HIV, and GBV information and services to adolescents and young people through website, bulk SMS, WhatsApp, peer-to-peer support, tele-counselling, and referral pathways.
• OKY App Menstrual health hygiene tracker and sexual reproductive health information app created 'by girls, for girls,' providing period tracking, SRH information, and digital skills development for adolescent girls.
• REACH App Mobile app used in the MH Reach project for profiling mental health risk factors, needs, and services among adolescents and young adults aged 15-24 years in Nairobi, Kisumu, and Mombasa.
• Tele-Counselling Services (1190 Hotline) Toll-free telephone counselling service (1190 hotline and one2one telephone line) providing tele-counselling on SRH, HIV, GBV, and mental health topics to adolescents and young people, reaching over 10,000 users.
• Appless App Referral application for post-rape care services enabling connection to appropriate medical and support services for GBV survivors.
• AGILE Chatbot Technology-enhanced chatbot designed to accelerate access to GBV information and services for GBV survivors, particularly adolescents, women, and LGBTQI individuals, hosted by LVCT Health.

Quantifiable outcome

• 95% viral suppression achieved among people on HIV treatment
• +7 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration2 records

Feature5 records

Partnerships

29 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• ViiV HealthcarecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPharmaceutical company focused on HIV; listed as donor and partner on LVCT Health website
• UNICEFcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerUN agency for children; listed as donor and partner supporting maternal and child health programs
• Gavi, the Vaccine AlliancecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGlobal health partnership; listed as donor and partner for immunization and health system strengthening
• UNAIDScoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint UN programme on HIV/AIDS; listed as donor and partner
• Grassroot SoccerminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSport-based health organization; listed as partner in LVCT Health network
• FHI 360coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLead implementing organization for USAID MOSAIC consortium; LVCT Health as core partner working on HIV prevention product introduction
• Wits Reproductive Health and HIV Institute (Wits RHI)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCore consortium partner for MOSAIC project; African Implementation Partner for LVCT Health
• Pangaea Zimbabwe AIDS Trust (PZAT)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCore consortium partner for MOSAIC HIV prevention project
• JhpiegocoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCore consortium partner for MOSAIC project
• AVACcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCore consortium partner for MOSAIC project focused on HIV prevention
• NASCOP (National AIDS & STI Control Programme)coreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerKenya government body overseeing HIV/STI control; research partner for PrEP and HIV prevention studies
• PATHcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerResearch partner for microarray patch (MAP) technology study for HIV PrEP and multipurpose prevention technology
• Africa Population Health Research Council (APHRC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerResearch partner for RISE study on social accountability in urban slums; partner in NIHR-SHINE project
• SDI-KenyacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerResearch partner for adolescent and young people access study and RISE urban slum research
• Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerResearch partner for AYP access study, NIHR-C-it DU-it, NIHR-SHINE; co-host for Liverpool-Homabay exchange program
• Frontline AIDScoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFunder and research partner for adolescent and young people HIV prevention research; consortium partner for FGS Integration Project
• KEMRI (Kenya Medical Research Institute)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerResearch partner for NIHR-C-it DU-it study on community-facility data linkage
• Kenya Prisons ServicecoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerImplementing partner for STAR project providing HIV/TB services in 58 prisons across 32 counties
• Activate ActionminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerOrganisational strengthening partner providing capacity building support
• National AIDS & STI Control Programme (NASCOP)coreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerGovernment partner for HIV testing services guidelines, counselor supervisor curriculum development, GBV response
• Kenya National Public Health Institute (KNPHI)coreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerGovernment partner for risk communication, EVD training, MPOX response, and national coordination
• Simon Fraser UniversityminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerResearch partner for COVID-19 gender dynamics study funded by Gates Foundation
• BRAC JPGSPHminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerResearch partner for SHINE Bangladesh baseline survey implementation
• Bridges to DevelopmentcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerConsortium partner for FGS Integration Project alongside Frontline AIDS and LVCT Health
• Evidence and BeyondcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerConsortium partner for LEARN project on school-based violence prevention with Ministry of Education
• Kenya Ministry of EducationcoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerGovernment partner for LEARN project on positive discipline and school safety
• Teachers Service CommissioncoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerGovernment partner for LEARN teacher wellness and positive discipline interventions
• Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLead for ARISE consortium and NIHR-SHINE; co-host for Liverpool-Homabay exchange program
• Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation (EGPAF)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerConsortium partner for LVCT Vukisha95 and Dhibiti projects; PEPFAR implementing partner

Scale indicators18 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• PATH: Global health NGO with deep HIV prevention, vaccine, and health systems portfolios funded by Gates Foundation, USAID, and PEPFAR. PATH is a named research partner for LVCT's microarray patch (MAP) HIV PrEP study and shares similar donor relationships and innovation orientation.
• Jhpiego: Global health nonprofit affiliated with Johns Hopkins delivering HIV, MNCH, and SRH programs funded by PEPFAR, USAID, and Gates. Jhpiego is a named MOSAIC consortium partner with LVCT and shares comparable donor mix, populations served, and government engagement models.
• FHI 360: Large multinational global health implementer leading the USAID MOSAIC consortium that LVCT participates in as a core partner. FHI 360 operates across HIV prevention, SRH, and health systems strengthening globally, making it the closest large-scale comparable for an organization at LVCT's stage and ambition.

Direct peers

• Frontline AIDS: International alliance funding and implementing HIV, SRH, and human rights programs with key populations and adolescents globally. Frontline AIDS is a named LVCT research and consortium partner for the FGS Integration Project and shares the same populations, donor base, and rights-based framing.
• Wits Reproductive Health and HIV Institute (Wits RHI): African implementation partner in the MOSAIC consortium alongside LVCT. Wits RHI delivers HIV prevention research and SRH programming in Southern Africa with similar institutional, donor, and population profiles to LVCT's Kenyan operations.
• Population Council: International research NGO working on HIV prevention, SRH, and GBV with strong presence in Sub-Saharan Africa. Population Council's research-to-policy approach, donor mix, and program portfolio closely mirror LVCT's HIV prevention research and SRH/GBV integration model.
• Pangaea Zimbabwe AIDS Trust (PZAT): African HIV implementation partner in the MOSAIC consortium. PZAT focuses on HIV prevention, treatment, and SRH for key populations and adolescents, with a donor and programmatic profile closely matching LVCT's Kenya portfolio.
• Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation (EGPAF): Global PEPFAR/CDC implementing partner focused on HIV prevention, care, and treatment, including PMTCT. EGPAF is a named LVCT consortium partner on Vukisha95 and Dhibiti, making it directly comparable in funding sources, populations served, and program model in Kenya and East Africa.
• AMREF Health Africa: Africa-based nonprofit delivering community health, SRH, and HIV programs with significant donor funding across multiple East African countries. AMREF shares LVCT's community health volunteer model, government partnership approach, and adolescent SRH focus.

Regional players

• Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI): Kenyan government research body conducting HIV, malaria, and public health research with international donor support. KEMRI is a named LVCT research partner on the NIHR C-it DU-it community-facility linkage study and is directly comparable on HIV research and Kenyan health system engagement.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/LVCTKe
• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/TheLVCT
• Facebookfacebook.com/LVCTHealth
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/lvcthealth
• Instagraminstagram.com/lvct_health

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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