KENYA: Camp conditions harsh for HIV-positive displaced people
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IDPs have insufficient food, soap and warm clothing in the camps
NAKURU, 29 April 2008 (PlusNews) - Harsh living conditions and the onset of the cold rainy season in Kenya are making it increasingly difficult for HIV-positive people displaced in the recent post-election violence [...]
April 30, 2008
Categories: Crisis Issues, HIV/AIDS & TB, Health / Nutrition, Organisations, Press Statements / News / Reports . Tags: Academic Model for the Prevention and Treatment of HIV, Crisis, Girl Child Network (GCN), HIV, Kenya, Kenya Red Cross Society, TB, WFP . Author: rescuekenya . Comments: 1 Comment
KENYA: ARV programmes slowly recovering from post-election crisis
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AMPATH has opened a satellite centre in the Nakuru Showground IDP camp where patients can receive ARVs
ELDORET, 28 April 2008 (PlusNews) - Thousands of Kenyans who dropped out of HIV treatment programmes in January as a result of the country’s post-election violence are [...]
April 29, 2008
Categories: Crisis Issues, HIV/AIDS & TB, Health / Nutrition, Press Statements / News / Reports . Tags: Academic Model for the Prevention and Treatment of HIV, African Medical and Research Foundation, AMPATH, AMREF, ARV, Crisis, HIV treatment, Kenya, National AIDS Control Council . Author: rescuekenya . Comments: No Comments
KENYA: Sexual violence continues in IDP camps
NAKURU, 4 March 2008 (PlusNews) - Residents in a camp for displaced persons in Nakuru, in Rift Valley Province, western Kenya, were deeply shocked when a gang of men attacked and sexually assaulted five boys, but the health officials dealing with sexual violence during the recent political upheaval [...]
April 3, 2008
Categories: Crisis Issues, Gender Based Violence, HIV/AIDS & TB, Organisations, Press Statements / News / Reports, The Kenya Red Cross . Tags: Kenya, Rift Valley, HIV, Kenya Red Cross Society, Nakuru, sexual violence, Crisis, Nairobi, Rape . Author: rescuekenya . Comments: No Comments
KENYA: Displacement raises risk of drug-resistant [...]
April 3, 2008
Categories: Crisis Issues, HIV/AIDS & TB, Health / Nutrition, Press Statements / News / Reports . Tags: Crisis, HIV/TB, Kenya, MDR_TB, Peace . Author: rescuekenya . Comments: No Comments