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Kenya Doctor Fights Mental Health Stigma In ‘Traumatized Continent’
Source:(CNN) As Kenya’s leading psychiatrist, Frank Njenga has been championing the cause of better mental health care on the east African country and the continent for more than three decades….
Stop Stigma on Aids Victims
Source: Written by George Owiti/John Ochanda Wednesday, 21 December 2011 14:39 Martin Odhiambo Onyango is a prominent HIV/AIDS activist in Gem District of Siaya County at the age of 11…
It’s Our World special report: Amy Merone from Southport reports from Kenya
Source: Liverpool post Date: 25th October 2011 By: Anne Merone In an It’s Our World special report Amy Merone from Southport reports from Kenya, where she is working with Christian…
Shortage of Experts Hurts Mental Health Care
Source: Daily Nation Dorothy Kweyu 10 October 2011 As the global community marked World Mental Health Day on Monday, experts in government and private practice zeroed in on one of…
Health Ministry Now Adopts Routine HIV Testing
Source: Coastweek SPECIAL REPORT BY XINHUA CORRESPONDENT BEDAH MENGO Kenya is among countries in the developing world that is changing tact in its fight against HIV/AIDS NAIROBI (Xinhua) — As…
Ethics Debate Mires Kenya HIV-Testing Campaign
Source: Voice Of America Michael Onyiego In an effort to combat the spread of HIV, Kenya’s National Aids Control Council and STI Control Program (NASCOP) may soon turn to mandatory…
HIV made me a better person, says CNN hero
Source: The Standard By Joan Barsulai When Pastor Patricia Sawo was diagnosed with HIV in 1999, she resorted to prayer and fasting, believing that God would heal and restore her…
I’m No Longer a Slave to This Monster
Source: Daily Nation Felista Wangari 13 September 2011 My eldest brother was 17 years old when he committed suicide. He had suffered from some form of mental illness for some…
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…
Inequity in international public health spending
Source: The bureau of investigative Journalism By Maeve McClenaghan September 5th, 2011 Karani Ziro shuffles awkwardly around his small plot of farmland on the banks of the Galana River, Kenya….
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