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KENYA: AIDS chief dismissed for fraud
29 October 2003 (PlusNews ), The recently suspended chief of Kenya's National AIDS Control Council (NACC), Margaret Gachara, has been officially dismissed.
https://www.plusnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=36274

KENYA: HIV/AIDS policy drafted as prevalence rates rise
28 October 2003 (PlusNews ), A team of top medics and junior administrators at Kenya's University of Nairobi have published a policy document to help guide the institution's existing anti-HIV/AIDS campaigns.
https://www.plusnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=36269

KENYA: Government approves HIV/AIDS anti-discrimination bill
26 September 2003 (PlusNews ), Kenya has approved a bill aimed at ending discrimination against all people living with HIV/AIDS, the country's deputy justice minister, Robinson Githae has announced.
https://www.plusnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=36134

KENYA: HIV/AIDS - "People's Tribunal" demands access to life
23 September 2003 (PlusNews ), Participants at a "People's Tribunal", held on Tuesday on the margin of the 13th International Conference on AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Infections in Africa in Nairobi, demanded that Kenyans be given access to antiretroviral drugs to keep alive.
https://www.plusnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=36112

KENYA: Free HIV/AIDS drugs ruled out
19 September 2003 (PlusNews ), The government will not offer free HIV/AIDS drugs to more than 200,000 Kenyans urgently in need of treatment, assistant health minister Gedion Konchella has said.
https://www.plusnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=36078

KENYA: Possible security threat to AIDS conference
19 September 2003 (PlusNews ), Some 1,000 delegates could stay away from an upcoming international AIDS conference in Nairobi, Kenya, due to security fears, the conference chairman has said.
https://www.plusnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=36087

KENYA: Activists demand better access to antiretrovirals
19 September 2003 (PlusNews ), A lobby group, the Kenya Coalition for Access to Essential Medicines, is demanding that the government provide affordable or free antiretrovirals (ARV) for Kenyans.
https://www.plusnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=36076

KENYA: Access to AIDS money granted
18 September 2003 (PlusNews ), A US $52 million Global AIDS Fund grant has been released to Kenya to tackle HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria over two years, the BBC reported on Thursday.
https://www.plusnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=36071

KENYA: Generic AIDS drugs produced locally
17 September 2003 (PlusNews ), A leading Kenyan drug manufacturer could soon start producing generic versions of HIV/AIDS drugs, local newspaper The East African Standard reported on Tuesday.
https://www.plusnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=36060

KENYA: Need for more interventions to assist AIDS orphans
16 September 2003 (PlusNews ), Stronger intervention measures are needed for Kenya's growing number of HIV/AIDS orphans to benefit from the government's free primary education policy, Health Minister Charity Ngilu has said.
https://www.plusnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=36048

KENYA: Children's home tackles AIDS discrimination
8 September 2003 (PlusNews ), Public primary schools in Kenya are still discriminating against children living with HIV/AIDS, a local AIDS NGO has said.
https://www.plusnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=36000

KENYA: Visa period waived for conference delegates
5 September 2003 (PlusNews ), Kenya has waived the visa application period requirement for all delegates attending the upcoming 13th International Conference on AIDS and Sexually Transmitted diseases in Africa (ICASA).
https://www.plusnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=35995

KENYA: Corruption allegations plague AIDS body
1 September 2003 (PlusNews ), Kenya's AIDS NGOs are hoping that recent allegations of corruption and misappropriation in Kenya's National AIDS Control Council (NACC) will not affect the country's AIDS programmes and funding.
https://www.plusnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=35976

KENYA: New youth AIDS programme lacks funds
28 August 2003 (PlusNews ), The launch of a new initiative at the end of the week is set to promote HIV/AIDS prevention awareness among Kenya's youth, local newspaper The Nation reported on Thursday.
https://www.plusnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=35965

KENYA: Schools warned on AIDS orphan enrolment
22 August 2003 (PlusNews ), Kenya's ministry of health has issued a warning to heads of schools who deny enrolment to HIV-positive children.
https://www.plusnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=35946

KENYA: Money released for HIV/AIDS drugs
19 August 2003 (PlusNews ), The Global AIDS Fund has released a US $52 million grant for the provision of HIV/AIDS drugs in Kenya's public hospitals, local newspaper The East African Standard reported on Saturday.
https://www.plusnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=35922

KENYA: AIDS donors call for salary review
29 July 2003 (PlusNews ), Salaries of employees at Kenya's National AIDS Control Council (NACC) could soon be up for review, Health Minister Charity Ngilu said.
https://www.plusnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=35846

KENYA: Health minister backs HIV testing sites
16 July 2003 (PlusNews ), Government-run HIV/AIDS testing sites in Kenya meet international standards, the country's Ministry of Health has said.
https://www.plusnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=35805

KENYA: Proposals for AIDS money examined
4 July 2003 (PlusNews ), The eligibility of 235 Kenyan AIDS NGOs for access to a US $26 million Global AIDS Fund grant is currently being examined, the Kenya AIDS NGOs Consortium (KANCO) has said.
https://www.plusnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=35761

KENYA: Stiff competition for HIV/AIDS money
2 July 2003 (PlusNews ), About 235 NGOs are in the running for millions of dollars US $26 million to be made available for HIV/AIDS projects from the Global Fund to Fight HIV/AIDS, Malaria and TB.
https://www.plusnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=35756

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