| KENYA: Kicking HIV out of Nairobi's slums |
 NAIROBI, 8 September 2010 (PlusNews) - On a dusty football field in Mathare, one of the largest slums in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, young boys chase a rough, home-made ball. Their coach, Elias Mwangi, 21, a former drug addict, hopes football will not only keep the boys away from crime but motivate them to avoid behaviours that put them at risk of HIV.
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| KENYA: Nomadic communities struggle to access PMTCT |
 SAMBURU, 7 September 2010 (PlusNews) - Nomadic Kenyan women who test positive for HIV but live in remote areas far from the nearest health facility are missing out on the opportunity to prevent their children from becoming infected with the virus.
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| KENYA: Support groups boosting PMTCT uptake |
 KAMWIMBI, 4 August 2010 (PlusNews) - When Esther and Chrispus Ireri from the remote village of Kamwimbi in Kenya's Eastern district of Mbeere lost all three children in quick succession, they had no idea it because of HIV infections.
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| Analysis: HIV generics under threat from tighter patenting rules |
 VIENNA, 2 August 2010 (PlusNews) - Most of the estimated 5.2 million people worldwide on antiretroviral (ARV) treatment are taking generic versions manufactured primarily in India, but tighter global intellectual property rights and trade rules could shut down "the pharmacy of the developing world".
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| ZIMBABWE: Low breastfeeding rates threaten PMTCT efforts |
 HARARE, 30 July 2010 (PlusNews) - Health and nutrition experts in Zimbabwe are worried that one of the lowest exclusive breastfeeding rates in the region could have a negative impact on the country's prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission (PMTCT) programme.
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| AFRICA: Addressing the role of religion in HIV response |
 NAIROBI, 30 July 2010 (PlusNews) - At a church compound in Nairobi's Mathare slum, women and their children line up for food rations. Among them is Zipporah Mueni, an HIV-positive mother of five.
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| AFRICA: Mapping health budgets and child deaths |
 JOHANNESBURG, 28 July 2010 (PlusNews) - As many African countries battle to bring down staggering rates of maternal and child mortality, maternal and child health made for a fitting theme at the African Union (AU) Summit this week in Kampala, Uganda.
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| SOUTH AFRICA: Child deaths stubbornly high |
 JOHANNESBURG, 27 July 2010 (PlusNews) - The race to meet the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) by 2015 is more than halfway run, but new reports say South Africa is unlikely to reduce its burden of deaths in children under five in time to cross the finish line.
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