Healthy Living

Healthy Living: A Counseling Guide for Health Workers on Opportunistic Infections, Antiretroviral Therapy (ART), Management of ART Side Effects is a new collection of low-literacy guides and brochures covering ART and opportunistic infections, with both English and Swahili versions of some materials available.

The collection includes flip charts for healthcare workers to use while counseling patients about opportunistic infections, antiretroviral treatment and potential ART side effects using simple expressions and pictures.

 Download the flip charts and brochures as PDF files below:

Flip charts

• Cover image and introduction - 2 pages (131 KB)
• ART basics - 30 pages (521 KB)
• Opportunistic infections - 30 pages (598 KB)
• Managing ART side effects - 30 pages (518 KB)

• ART basics booklet - 30 pages (525 KB)
• ART basics brochure: English language - 2 pages (248 KB)
• ART basics brochure: Swahili language - 2 pages (247 KB)

• Opportunistic infections booklet - 30 pages (618 KB)
• Opportunistic infections brochure: English language - 2 pages (130 KB)
• Opportunistic infections brochure: Swahili language - 2 pages (130 KB)

Managing Side Effects Booklet and Brochures

• Side effects booklet - 30 pages (556 KB)
• Side effects brochure: English language - 2 pages (131 KB)
• Side effects brochure: Swahili language - 2 pages (130 KB)

The Kenya government produced Healthy Living with technical support from Family Health International and financial assistance from USAID and the Pfizer Foundation. 

Please contact Gretchen Bachman by e-mail at healthyliving@fhi.org for more information.