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Kenya’s HIV/AIDS transmission among infants drops
Souce:Xinhua Publish By David K. Barger Updated 01/02/2013 5:13 am NAIROBI, Jan. 31 — Kenya’s health officials said HIV/ AIDS exposed infants have reduced from 27 percent in 2007 to…
Five Lives: Preventing transmission of HIV from mother to child
Source: Doctor s Without Borders 26 October 2011 “Lucky was born negative because I already knew my HIV status and I got the help from the clinic I needed.: Catherine…
Maternity wards turn off women
Source: The Standard Pregnant women are shunning giving birth in hospitals owing to mistreatment by health workers, writes KIUNDU WAWERU When Rosemary Awuor gave birth to her first born, it…
Childhood mortality falling in Kenya but impediments exist
Source:Africa Science News.org Written by Kevin Wafula Monday, 23 May 2011 An assessment on health service provision in Kenya shows that user fees are deterring Kenyans, especially mothers to access…
Outrage over “cash for contraception” offer to HIV-positive women
Source: IRIN KAKAMEGA, 12 May 2011 (PlusNews) – The Kenyan government and rights groups have expressed outrage at a project in western Kenya that is paying HIV-positive women to undergo…
Babies resistant to mothers’ ARVs
Source: Daily Nation By GATONYE GATHURA Posted Sunday, April 3 2011 The study carried out by the Kenya Medical Research Institute in Kisumu assessed the effectiveness of various HIV drug…
Aids packs to help cut HIV infections in infants
SOURCE: THE EAST AFRICAN By CHRISTABEL LIGAMI Posted Monday, March 21 2011 at 00:00 Kenya has scaled up its efforts towards preventing mother-to-child transmission of HIV, through an innovative method…
Male partner involvement in PMTCT reduces HIV transmission risk
Adapted from Aidsmap Carole Leach-Lemens Published: 16 December 2010 Male partner involvement in the prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) services reduced the risks of vertical transmission and infant mortality by…
Fighting the disease where it hurts most
Adapted from The East African By RUPI MANGAT The Aids virus stunned the world when it was first detected three decades ago. There were mixed reactions — disbelief, denial and…
HIV is the best thing that happened to our marriahe
The news could not have come at a worse time. She was just about to give birth to her third child when she learnt that she was HIV-positive. To make…
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