News paper summaries
200 Barmaids Go for HIV Test, Vow to Change
Tuesday, 04 Jan 2011
200 Barmaids Go for HIV Test, Vow to Change – The Standard – 4/1/11, Pg. 7
Full StoryCellphone Project Helps Mothers Curb Spread of HIV to Babies
Wednesday, 29 Dec 2010
Pumwani Maternity Hospital is the site for an ongoing research by the Kenya AIDS Control Project for a study on the potential of following up on HIV positive patients using mobile phones. The hospital’s chief executive Frida
Full StoryStigma and Secrecy Reversing Gains of War on HIV and AIDS
Monday, 27 Dec 2010
There is strong fear of stigma after one tests HIV positive, that most people would rather suffer than disclose their status to anyone. In Kinango, at the Coast Province statistics attest to this as the area district hospital show
Full StoryProlific AIDS Researcher Takes Final Bow
Saturday, 25 Dec 2010
Prof. Jeconiah Oliver Ndinya Acholla one of the top medical researchers in Africa involved in the HIV and AIDS vaccine initiative and sexually transmitted infections for more than 20 years passes on. Until his death he was a lectu
Full StoryAMPATH Brings Hope to HIV Infected in Eldoret Town
Sunday, 19 Dec 2010
The Academic Model Providing Access to Healthcare (AMPATH) in the North Rift region is contributing to the decline in the spread of HIV/AIDS. The facility at the Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital provides the much needed antiretr
Full Story