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The Safe Choices Program has been developed with funding from the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) through a cooperative agreement between Elizabeth Glazer Pediatric AIDS Foundation (EGPAF) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Safe Choices has been developed by Chris Obong’o of the Program for Appropriate Technology in Health (PATH) and Gillian Njika and Phylis Adhiambo Mboi, both of EGPAF. George Oele of the African Medical Research Institute (AMREF) and, Rogers Simiyu and Donald Omonge, both of EGPAF participated in these efforts. Technical support in this process was provided by Peter McOdida of EGPAF, Oby Obyerodhyambo and Rosemarie Muganda of PATH.

We would also like to acknowledge the contributions of George Khisa, Gladys Kiama, Joseph Isiongo of Hope Worldwide Kenya (HWWK) and, Florence Kaara and Brian Kavuwa of I Choose Life Kenya (ICL) for the original idea of developing a HIV prevention intervention for youth aged 18-24 years. Annrose Kibutha, Asher Otiende and Mose Kidi of Liverpool VCT (LVCT) provided crucial link to LVCT’s youth hotline platform and with relevant IEC material distributed to participants during pilot of Safe Choices. Zilpher Kepher, Senior Program Manager at HIV Free Generation (Kenya) supported the pilot of Safe Choices by providing HIV test wristbands, “g-pange” branded t-shirts and other promotional merchandise. We acknowledge the contribution of participants at the Safe Choices curriculum writing workshop and the organizations they represented. The following is a list of all participants attending the curriculum writing workshop: