Topic: Kenya
A campaign to encourage African men to get circumcised to prevent infection by HIV gained a powerful boost Wednesday by three new studies unveiled at the world AIDS forum in Rome.New cases of HIV among men fell by an astonishing 76 percent ...
LONDON (Reuters) - AIDS drugs used to treat HIV can also be used to prevent infection among heterosexual men and women, according to the results of two studies conducted in Africa released on Wednesday.The findings add to growing evidence that drugs used ...
Health authorities in Kenya said Wednesday the country was facing a condom shortage due to high demand and procurement bottlenecks, and made an emergency order of 45 million condoms.A January consignment of 19 million condoms lasted for around six weeks. The emergency ...
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Hundreds of Kenyans living with HIV protested outside EU offices in Nairobi on Thursday against a deal they say may block access to cheap life-saving AIDS drugs.The European Union and India are due to discuss a free-trade agreement in ...
Through the Eyes of a child, what better way to see the future which is to be theirs? We live in Kenya in a village where my family has lived for very many generations. My country, Kenya, faces the same problems all ...
A Report from the United Nations settlements program, UN-habitat, which is based in Nairobi, Kenya, they found that urban slums were growing faster than expected, and that the balance of global was shifting rapidly from countryside to the big cities. A United ...
NAIROBI (Reuters) - A record 1.2 million people in low and middle income countries started antiretroviral therapy for HIV/AIDs in 2009, the World Health Organization said on Tuesday, but targets set for 2010 are unlikely to be met.A total of 5.25 million ...
Jaime Dudney, daughter of Barbara Mandrell, has organized a really cool Benefit for Kenya that's set to take place September 2nd at the Nashville Palace. Some of the items include; Reba McEntire's CMT Award dress, an autographed Kenny Chesney guitar, a dulcimer ...
VIENNA (Reuters) - MTV drama programs about HIV and AIDS shown to young people in some of the highest-risk countries in Africa and the Caribbean had a dramatic affect on attitudes to the disease, a study released on Tuesday showed.A U.N.-backed project ...
An international medical aid group says funding cutbacks are hurting the fight against AIDS across Africa.Mit Philips, a health policy analyst for Medecins Sans Frontieres, or Doctors Without Borders, says doctors are turning away patients in South Africa. Kenyans fear clinics will ...
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