an award-winning microsite that made HIV self-testing findable

website realignment ux design outlet & facility locator cms & seo
Population Services Kenya
client

Population Services Kenya

sector

public health · HIV prevention

01 · the challenge

Population Services Kenya was bringing HIV self-test kits to the mass market and needed the Be Self Sure website realigned into a microsite that could carry the campaign. The job was delicate: explain what self-testing is and how to do it in plain, youthful language; hold sensitive health guidance with care; and — the part most sites miss — tell a first-time user on a phone exactly where to buy a kit and where to turn for confidential support. Clarity, privacy and findability were the whole brief.

02 · the approach
needs analysis & strategy Requirements gathering with the PS Kenya HIV/TB team — mapping the real-world journey from ‘curious’ to ‘tested’ and defining the content the site had to carry.
ux design for a sensitive journey A mobile-first experience that explains OraQuick and INSTI kits, how-to-use steps and next steps after a result — in a calm, youthful voice (Jijue · Jitest · Jibambe).
searchable outlet & facility locator The centrepiece — a filterable directory of pharmacies, distributors, MyDawa and ART sites across counties, so anyone could find the nearest place to buy a kit or get support.
CMS integration, SEO & analytics A managed content platform the PS Kenya team could update, built on a PHP portal with search optimisation and Google Analytics configured from day one.
content repurposing & QA Copy, graphics and video repurposed and populated across the site, plus the 1190 call & SMS shortcode wired in — all put through full quality assurance before launch.
HIV self-testing kits featured on the Population Services Kenya microsite
HIV self-testing distributor information from the Population Services Kenya microsite

the results

03 · the outcome
2nd

Runner-Up — Best Brand Microsite / Campaign Landing Page, PS Kenya Technology Awards 2019

1190

call & SMS shortcode wired into the site for confidential counselling and orders

1 map

nationwide locator of pharmacies, distributors, MyDawa & ART sites — the nearest kit, always findable

Health information that respects the reader, and a map to the nearest kit — design in service of a national HIV response .