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ASUNTA WAGURA (KENYA)
Source: The East African Posted Friday, August 26 2011 at 18:22 ASUNTA WAGURA (KENYA) The executive director of the Kenya Network of Women with Aids (KENWA), Wagura has been the…
Cancer foundation keeps hope alive
Source: The Standard By: ALLAN OLINGO Africa Cancer Foundation seeks to provide a holistic solution for cancer patients in Africa. Zawadi Nyong’o, its head, shares with ALLAN OLINGO why this…
Bold girl reveals the agony of living with HIV in school
Source: The Standard BY LINAH BENYAWA It was a moment of reflection when Dorcas Kawira told head teachers attending a conference in Mombasa about her painful journey through high school…
Fighting Prostate Cancer Abroad and at Home
Source: PRNewswire Fighting Prostate Cancer Abroad and at Home Commending Kenyan Medical Services Minister, Anyang’ Nyong’o, radical prostatectomy expert Dr. David Samadi discusses prostate cancer treatment in developing countries, as…
Rwanda well ahead in EA in acceptance of gays
Source: The East African The perception of homosexuality as a “problem” has, for many years, been accepted as the status quo within much of East Africa. But even in this…
Clinics struggle to keep patients not yet eligible for ARVs
Source: IRIN/PlusNews NAIROBI, 2 August 2011 (PlusNews) – Jairus Musau tested HIV-positive two years ago, but when he was told he would not immediately be given antiretrovirals, his parents insisted…
Treatment is Key to Prevention of HIV/AIDS, Doctors Say
Source: University of South Carlifonia By Dan Fost on June 6, 2011 Doctors fighting HIV/AIDS have a new strategy working for them: Use the treatment of the disease as a…
Africans are dying for life-saving drugs
Source: Victoria Times Colonist By Marc And Craig Kielburger, We build schools in Kenyan villages where teachers die, but their students refuse to name the cause because of its potent…
Women Sweep Mombasa Streets of the Mentally Ill
Source: Daily Nation Mazera Ndurya 14 May 2011 Nairobi — Mombasa county has arguably the largest number of people with mental illness. A walk in many of the streets will…
Rotarians in East Africa fight the spread of AIDS
By Ryan Hyland Rotary International News — 29 April 2011 Rotarians in East Africa and a Rotarian Action Group dedicated to fighting the spread of AIDS will team up on…
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