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Category : HIV/AIDS
Boarding School Pupils Get More Sex, Study Shows Daily Nation, Pg. 9
Friday, 18 Nov 2011

A study by the Students’ Campaign against Drugs reveals that students in boarding schools have more sex and drink higher quantities of alcohol than those in day schools.

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US Agency Gives Women Fishing Boats in Fight against AIDS Daily Nation, Pg. 33
Friday, 18 Nov 2011

US Peace Corps donate six fishing boats to a woman’s group in Kisumu as part of an effort to combat HIV/AIDS by empowering women.

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Call to Back AIDS Fight The People, Pg. 7
Friday, 18 Nov 2011

A civic leader in Taita Taveta County is decrying laxity by local leaders to campaign against the spread of HIV.

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TB Action Group Supports Clinton’s Call for Aids Free World The Star, Pg. 3
Thursday, 17 Nov 2011

TB Action Group, Kenya chapter executive director welcomes US Secretary of State Hilary Clinton’s call to rid of the world of AIDS, adding that it is important to reflect on whether or not treatment is being provided at sufficient scale to impact on the greatly reduced life expectancy in af

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Kenya Hailed For Success in HIV Programming Daily Nation, Pg. 35
Thursday, 17 Nov 2011

In a paid up advert, the National Aids Control Council (NACC), says Kenya is now among 56 countries in the world that have made steady progress in availing HIV treatment to its citizens, observing that the UNAIDS executive director Michel Sidibe has commended the government in its progress toward

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Robbed of Their Womanhood without Consent Reject Issue No. 051, Pg. 10
Wednesday, 16 Nov 2011

Misinformation and ignorance are some of the issues women living with HIV are get as they claim they were robbed off their womanhood by being coerced into sterilization not knowing they can live positively and have HIV free children.

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Poor Hospital Refuse Disposal a Health Threat The People, Pg. 14
Wednesday, 16 Nov 2011

Poor management of waste from health facilities may be one of the major causes of the country’s big disease burden, as health care workers may not have the necessary training, and health care facilities may not have adequate supplies of clean syringes or reliable systems for disposal, as a

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Nyanza Still Leads in HIV Spread Rates The People, Pg. 16
Wednesday, 16 Nov 2011

National Aids Control Council (NACC) , Nyanza field officer Hannington Onyango says that about half a million people are living with HIV in Nyanza, making it the province with the highest prevalence rate in the country.

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