Evidence is accumulating that contraception is a potentially powerful and cost-effective HIV prevention strategy, enabling HIV-infected women to prevent undesired pregnancies, thereby averting mother-to-child HIV transmission. One strategy for extending the benefits of contraceptive services to people affected by HIV is to integrate these services into HIV/AIDS services. For both individuals who are HIV-infected and those who are not, contraception offers a variety of established benefits to the mother, her family, and her community. 

Based on positive research findings about the feasibility of integrating family planning services into voluntary counseling and testing (VCT) in Kenya, the Ministry of Health drafted a national policy on integration. FHI and partners then conducted an intervention in which services were integrated in a number of Kenyan clinics in the manner outlined in the strategy. The purpose of the study was to (1) determine the effectiveness and costs of adding selected levels of family planning services to VCT centers and (2) determine the effect of adding family planning services on VCT quality of care. This report describes the study's design and results.