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GLOBAL: AIDS spending breaks records, but needs more focus

Wednesday, July 09, 2008

HIV/AIDS funding to low- and middle-income countries reached a record level in 2007, according to a new report by UNAIDS.AIDS spending by the G8...

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KENYA: Government to roll out male circumcision

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Monday, April 21, 2008

The Kenyan government has embarked on an ambitiousnational programme to fast track the national rollout of malecircumcision as a means of preventing...

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KENYA: Dating dilemmas: Risk rejection or stick to positive partners?

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PlusNews

Tuesday, March 25, 2008

To avoid the pain of being rejected, many HIV-positive Kenyans are choosing to exclusively date other infected people. But does this make things any...

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Teresia Wamwitha: “We fled our home with only the clothes we had on”

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IRIN

Tuesday, March 18, 2008

For four weeks, Teresia Wamwitha, 47, took refuge in the bush with 10 children - eight of her own and two of her sister’s, who died 10 years ago -...

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KENYA: Healthcare threatened by political crisis

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IRIN

Tuesday, February 12, 2008

Health officials are concerned about the long-term impact of Kenya's political crisis on healthcare, especially in areas hardest hit by violence...

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KENYA: Drug resistance risk as displaced HIV patients skip ARV doses

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PlusNews

Wednesday, January 30, 2008

After a fortnight of political violence during which an estimated 250,000 Kenyans were displaced, health workers are scrambling to ensure that...

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KENYA: Old but not cold: older people also at risk

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PlusNews

Monday, November 12, 2007

James Kioko*, 55, a manager at a 4-star hotel in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, dismisses condoms as "dirty, fuelling prostitution and causing marriage...

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AFRICA: MPs must push for women's access to health services

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PlusNews

Sunday, September 16, 2007

African parliamentarians need to push public policy to focus more on women's health issues, delegates attending a regional workshop organised by the...

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KENYA: Food shortages complicating ARV programme in the north

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PlusNews

Tuesday, September 11, 2007

Food shortages in arid, remote northern Kenya are making it impossible for HIV-positive people in the region to adhere to their antiretroviral (ARV)...

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KENYA: Slow response to high HIV rates in prisons

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PlusNews

Tuesday, September 04, 2007

The problem of HIV in Kenya's prisons - where prevalence is about twice the national average - will remain unsolved as long as homosexuality is...

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