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KENYA: Government AIDS plan criticised
29 April 2003 (PlusNews ), The British charity, ActionAid, on Tuesday criticised the Kenyan government's latest effort to tackle HIV/AIDS.
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KENYA: Lead by example to beat HIV/AIDS - Bishop
10 April 2003 (PlusNews ), An Anglican Bishop has called on Kenya's religious and political leaders to be tested for HIV, the local East African Standard newspaper reported on Wednesday.
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KENYA: HIV/AIDS survey to begin in Kenya
9 April 2003 (PlusNews ), A series of random HIV tests will be conducted on 8,000 people in Kenya next week, the local Daily Nation newspaper reported on Tuesday.
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KENYA: Risky traditions spread HIV/AIDS
8 April 2003 (PlusNews ), The Supreme Council of Muslim Preachers of Kenya (SUPKEM) on Tuesday said the cultural tradition of "wife inheritance" was contributing to the spread of HIV/AIDS.
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KENYA: Silences in HIV/AIDS education
2 April 2003 (PlusNews ), HIV/AIDS education in Kenyan schools has failed young people. Attempts to discuss HIV/AIDS and sexual relations in the classroom have been constrained by social and cultural taboos, leaving young people at risk, a new study has found.
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KENYA: No swindling of funds - activists
27 March 2003 (PlusNews ), Kenya's AIDS NGO Consortium (KANCO) on Thursday said NGO efforts in tackling HIV/AIDS outnumbered those of the government.
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KENYA: Church's view slammed
26 March 2003 (PlusNews ), The Society for Women and AIDS in Kenya (SWAK) on Wednesday criticised the Catholic Church's position on condoms.
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KENYA: Concern over AIDS council's role
25 March 2003 (PlusNews ), Kenya's AIDS NGO Consortium (KANCO) on Tuesday expressed concern over the future role of the National AIDS Control Council (NACC).
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KENYA: Afro-Franco companies bound by AIDS charter
12 March 2003 (PlusNews ), A charter on HIV/AIDS has been signed by 18 Kenya-based French companies, The Indian Ocean weekly Newsletter reported recently.
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KENYA: Rights abuses fuel female HIV infection
5 March 2003 (PlusNews ), Women throughout Kenya lose their homes, land, and other property due to discriminatory laws and customs, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in a new report released on Tuesday.
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KENYA: Female condoms needed to empower women
4 March 2003 (PlusNews ), The Ministry of Health will distribute six million condoms in the western district of Nakuru in an attempt to prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS, local newspaper The Nation reported on Tuesday.
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KENYA: Good news on prevalence rates
3 March 2003 (PlusNews ), Despite a decline in HIV/AIDS prevalence rates in Kenya, the pandemic remains a huge challenge, the Kenya AIDS NGO Consortium Organisation (KANCO) said on Monday.
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KENYA: Call to reject WTO proposal on drugs
17 February 2003 (PlusNews ), Recent gains made in making HIV/AIDS treatment accessible and affordable to Kenyans are being threatened by a deal currently under discussion at the World Trade Organisation (WTO), which would severely restrict access to such drugs, a group of local NGOs has warned.
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KENYA: Talks could reverse HIV/AIDS drug deal
17 February 2003 (PlusNews ), A proposal being negotiated by the World Trade Organisation (WTO) in Japan, could severely restrict access to HIV/AIDS drugs, a group of local NGOs warned on Friday.
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KENYA: UNESCO boosts government HIV/AIDS campaign
10 February 2003 (PlusNews ), A US $205,000 grant from the United Nations will assist the government in developing an HIV/AIDS programme for schools, the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) said on Monday.
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KENYA: HIV/AIDS NGOs will benefit from new survey
7 February 2003 (PlusNews ), A multi-million dollar survey on HIV/AIDS awareness and sexual behaviour among Kenyans is expected to assist the government and NGOs in their plans to combat the pandemic in the east African country, the UN Population Fund (UNFPA) said on Friday.
https://www.plusnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=32366

KENYA: Improving the quality of lives
6 February 2003 (PlusNews ), People living with HIV/AIDS (PWAs) in rural Western Kenya are learning to improve the quality of their lives through improved food production.
https://www.plusnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=32355

KENYA: Treatment centres planned for HIV babies
5 February 2003 (PlusNews ), The Kenyan government on Tuesday announced that more centres equipped to treat HIV-positive babies and prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV/AIDS would soon open across the country.
https://www.plusnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=32349

KENYA: Government hospitals still not providing HIV/AIDS drugs
10 January 2003 (PlusNews ), The international medical NGO Medicins Sans Frontiers (MSF) on Friday said just one of Kenya's provincial hospitals was dispensing antiretrovirals (ARVs) to people living with HIV/AIDS (PWAs).
https://www.plusnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=32101

KENYA: KENYA: Government hospitals still not providing HIV/AIDS drugs
10 January 2003 (PlusNews ), The international medical NGO Medicins Sans Frontiers (MSF) on Friday said just one of Kenya's provincial hospitals was dispensing antiretrovirals (ARVs) to people living with HIV/AIDS (PWAs).
https://www.plusnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=32104

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