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KENYA: Shortage of funds and HIV complexity hamper vaccine research
29 March 2005 (PlusNews ), Effective vaccines against HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria will not be developed for another 15 years, scientists said at the close of a landmark conference on Thursday in Nairobi, Kenya.
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KENYA: AIDS takes centre stage at landmark conference
23 March 2005 (PlusNews ), More than 100 international experts are gathered in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, to discuss ways of managing diseases such as HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria in Africa.
https://www.plusnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=38354

KENYA: Activists up in arms over Indian patent law
21 March 2005 (PlusNews ), Kenyans living with HIV/AIDS are calling for India to reconsider implementing new legislation that will prevent the production of cheaper, generic anti-AIDS drugs.
https://www.plusnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=38348

KENYA: US announces AIDS funding increase
1 March 2005 (PlusNews ), Kenya can expect an increase of over 50 percent in HIV/AIDS funding from the United States in 2005, a senior US official has announced.
https://www.plusnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=38271

KENYA: Japan replenishes HIV test kit shortage
25 February 2005 (PlusNews ), Kenya's anti-AIDS efforts were boosted this week by a Japanese pledge of HIV testing kits.
https://www.plusnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=38253

KENYA: Academics and students thrown AIDS lifeline
21 February 2005 (PlusNews ), Kenya's Moi University could soon offer free anti-AIDS drugs to students and employees who test HIV-positive.
https://www.plusnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=38236

KENYA: New tax jeopardises treatment access
10 February 2005 (PlusNews ), A new regional tax is making it even more difficult for HIV-positive East Africans to access anti-AIDS drugs, and jeopardising the region's plans for meeting its targets under the World Health Organisation's '3 by 5' initiative, activists told PlusNews.
https://www.plusnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=38191

KENYA: Costly drugs and tests block AIDS treatment
9 February 2005 (PlusNews ), The high cost of laboratory tests and medicines are preventing more than a million HIV-positive people from accessing treatment, Kenya's National AIDS Control Council (NACC) has said.
https://www.plusnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=38181

KENYA: Import tax hurting AIDS drug access - US
4 February 2005 (PlusNews ), The US ambassador to Kenya, William Bellamy, has urged the East African Community to lift the import duty on antiretroviral medication.
https://www.plusnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=38167

KENYA: AIDS funding hindered by corruption - US
3 February 2005 (PlusNews ), Graft is threatening the disbursement of millions of dollars in foreign aid to tackle HIV/AIDS in Kenya, the US charged this week.
https://www.plusnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=38162

KENYA: Government to reduce AIDS drugs price
1 February 2005 (PlusNews ), Kenya has announced plans to raise the number of people on anti-AIDS treatment at public health facilities from 28,000 to 95,000 by the end of 2005.
https://www.plusnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=38152

KENYA: Fight against HIV/AIDS bearing fruit, but challenges remain
18 January 2005 (PlusNews ), Kenya's campaign against the spread of HIV/AIDS is bearing fruits, but more needs to be done to help those vulnerable to infection and those affected by the disease, a top UN official said.
https://www.plusnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=38105

KENYA: Concern over sustaining AIDS reduction momentum
18 January 2005 (PlusNews ), Key international donors have acknowledged Kenya's progress in tackling HIV/AIDS, but expressed concern about the sustained effort required to consolidate these achievements.
https://www.plusnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=38108

KENYA: HIV/AIDS policy to protect HIV-positive teachers
21 December 2004 (PlusNews ), Kenya plans to launch an HIV/AIDS policy to prevent discrimination against HIV-positive teachers in the workplace.
https://www.plusnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=38049

KENYA: HIV/AIDS prevalence down to seven percent, says gov't
1 December 2004 (PlusNews ), The national HIV/AIDS prevalence rate in Kenya has dropped from 14 percent four years ago to about seven percent and the level of public awareness of the disease has risen to an estimated 90 percent across the country, the government said on Wednesday.
https://www.plusnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=37953

AFRICA-KENYA: Global Fund approves funding proposals for AIDS, malaria and TB
19 November 2004 (PlusNews ), The Global Fund to fight HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis approved on Thursday the fifth round of funding proposals to combat the three diseases.
https://www.plusnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=37915

KENYA: Swedish millions pledged for AIDS and governance
12 November 2004 (PlusNews ), Sweden has granted Kenya more than US $100 million to tackle HIV/AIDS and strengthen its development activities between 2004 and 2006, Agence France-Presse reported.
https://www.plusnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=37903

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