| 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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| SOUTH AFRICA: Survivor's guide for non-striking health workers |
 JOHANNESBURG, 2 September 2010 (PlusNews) - Public sector strikes in South Africa have become so common in recent years that people are asking if plans should not be put in place to prevent the disruption of HIV and tuberculosis [TB] treatment, and prepare health workers.
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| UGANDA: New strains of HIV spreading in fishing communities* |
 ENTEBBE, 31 August 2010 (PlusNews) - A study of HIV-positive people in fishing communities on the shores of Lake Victoria in central Uganda has found that more than a quarter have "recombinant" viruses that might threaten both treatment and prevention efforts.
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| KENYA: TB patients held in police cells for defaulting on treatment |
 NAIROBI, 24 August 2010 (PlusNews) - Kenyan government officials have defended the arrest and incarceration of two men infected with multi-drug resistant tuberculosis, who failed to adhere to their treatment.
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| KENYA: Government changes tack on HIV prevention, treatment for drug users |
 NAIROBI, 24 August 2010 (PlusNews) - Intravenous drug users have been largely ignored by the government's HIV programmes on the basis that drug-taking is illegal, but a new policy is being drafted with the aim of reducing HIV transmission among this high-risk group.
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| KENYA: TB patients with HIV miss out on ARVs |
 NAIROBI, 20 August 2010 (PlusNews) - Only a third of Kenyans infected with tuberculosis and HIV are receiving treatment for both conditions, despite the latest World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines recommending that anti-retrovirals be taken soon after TB treatment begins.
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| KENYA: Clampdown on bogus herbalists |
 NAIROBI, 17 August 2010 (PlusNews) - The Kenyan government is drafting new regulations to stop fraudulent herbalists claiming to be able to treat diseases, including HIV, from practising.
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| SOMALIA: Let's talk about HIV stigma |
 GAROWE, 12 August 2010 (PlusNews) - In conservative Somali culture, discussions about HIV are frowned upon, but four young people recently broke with tradition to speak to IRIN about their experience of living with the virus.
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