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KENYA: World Bank continues AIDS funding
1 July 2003 (PlusNews ), The World Bank on Monday said allegations of corruption in Kenya's National AIDS Control Council (NACC) would not sway its decision on HIV/AIDS funding to the country.
https://www.plusnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=35754

KENYA: Corruption no barrier for AIDS funding
30 June 2003 (PlusNews ), The Global AIDS Fund on Friday said allegations of corruption in Kenya's National AIDS Control Council (NACC) would not hamper the country's chances of a US $52 million grant.
https://www.plusnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=35752

KENYA: Possible insurance for HIV-positive Kenyans
27 June 2003 (PlusNews ), Insurance companies in Kenya are looking to establish special life cover for people living with HIV/AIDS, local newspaper The Nation reported on Thursday.
https://www.plusnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=35743

KENYA: AIDS money not threatened by corruption allegations
27 June 2003 (PlusNews ), Allegations of corruption within the Kenya National AIDS Control Council (NACC) will not affect grants due to be given to the Kenyan government by the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria.
https://www.plusnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=35742

KENYA: AIDS life cover now - finance minister
24 June 2003 (PlusNews ), Kenya's government has urged local insurance companies to extend life cover to all people living with HIV/AIDS, local newspaper The Nation reported on Tuesday.
https://www.plusnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=35726

KENYA: AIDS deaths rise among prison staff
23 June 2003 (PlusNews ), Kenya loses around ten to fifteen prison warders each month to AIDS-related illnesses, local newspaper The Nation reported on Friday.
https://www.plusnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=35721

KENYA: Higher AIDS rates in rural Kenya
19 June 2003 (PlusNews ), HIV/AIDS prevalence rates in rural Kenya are now higher than in the country's urban areas, the local Daily Nation newspaper reported on Wednesday.
https://www.plusnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=35712

KENYA: Government cautioned on HIV/AIDS grant
17 June 2003 (PlusNews ), Kenya has received a major shot in the arm from a recent US $52 million Global AIDS Fund grant, local newspaper The East African Standard reported on Monday.
https://www.plusnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=35706

KENYA: Kenya set for AIDS summit
12 June 2003 (PlusNews ), An international HIV/AIDS conference in Kenya from 21 to 26 September will focus on improved care, local newspaper The East African Standard reported on Thursday.
https://www.plusnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=35695

KENYA: Number of abandoned babies rises in Kenya
6 June 2003 (PlusNews ), A home for HIV-positive babies in Kenya on Thursday expressed concern over the rising number of abandoned babies since the beginning of 2003.
https://www.plusnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=35675

KENYA: Feature - Hope for abandoned babies
5 June 2003 (PlusNews ), "We have noticed a big increase in the abandonment of babies since the new year," says Clive Beckenham, the co-director of the New Life Home Trust for abandoned, orphaned and HIV-positive babies in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi. Last week alone, the home was contacted by two hospitals with 11 unwanted babies needing homes.
https://www.plusnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=35669

KENYA: President ready to be tested for HIV
3 June 2003 (PlusNews ), President Mwai Kibaki has declared himself willing to be publicly tested for HIV, Kaffim Mambo, the head of public relations with the Kenya National AIDS Control Council (NACC), told IRIN on Tuesday.
https://www.plusnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=35661

KENYA: More AIDS drugs funding - minister
28 May 2003 (PlusNews ), Kenya's HIV/AIDS drug programme is to benefit from a US $180 million Global AIDS Fund grant over the next five years to fight HIV/AIDS and other diseases, local newspaper The Nation reported on Wednesday.
https://www.plusnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=35639

KENYA: Phase-two HIV/AIDS vaccine trials begin
23 May 2003 (PlusNews ), Phase-two trials of Kenya's HIV/AIDS vaccine are underway, local newspaper the East African Standard reported on Thursday.
https://www.plusnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=35628

KENYA: HIV/AIDS drugs too costly - MSF
6 May 2003 (PlusNews ), An international medical NGO has decried Kenya's costly HIV/AIDS drugs, local newspaper The East African Standard reported on Monday.
https://www.plusnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=35366

KENYA: AIDS could kill education - union
6 May 2003 (PlusNews ), Kenya's new free primary education policy risks failure due to HIV/AIDS, local newspaper The Nation reported on Monday.
https://www.plusnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=35311

KENYA: Free education for AIDS orphans
5 May 2003 (PlusNews ), Kenya's latest education plan will provide opportunities for children orphaned by HIV/AIDS, a senior UN official said on Friday.
https://www.plusnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=35096

KENYA: New leadership could turn epidemic around - Lewis
5 May 2003 (PlusNews ), Since the election of a new president in Kenya, there has been a dramatic change in the level of political debate over HIV/AIDS which could have a positive impact on the epidemic, Stephen Lewis, the UN Secretary-General's Special Envoy for HIV/AIDS in Africa, said.
https://www.plusnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=35264

KENYA: Military suffers weekly AIDS losses
2 May 2003 (PlusNews ), Kenya's Department of Defence has expressed concern over the impact of HIV/AIDS on its forces, local newspaper the East African Standard reported on Thursday.
https://www.plusnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=34481

KENYA: Feature - Help for HIV/AIDS patients
29 April 2003 (PlusNews ), Jane Achieng had been married for just over four years when her husband died from AIDS. Widowed, shunned by relatives and without a job to support her and her six-year-old daughter, Achieng's life has since then dramatically changed for the worse.
https://www.plusnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=34209

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