AIDS Take Toll on School Girls Education News, Pg. 17
Wednesday, 17 Aug 2011

Teacher-student relationships are not uncommon in Nyanza province, but the sexual relations are becoming a threat to health and future of the province’s girls, who make up less than 40 per cent of students and with some teacher living with HIV, they are spreading it to the girls.

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Government Floods Chemists with E-Pills The Standard, My Health Magazine, Pg. 4
Tuesday, 16 Aug 2011

Contraceptive pills bought as anti-rape interventions, but now marketed as a family planning option is triggering debate whether the government is promoting irresponsible sex behavior as the Ministry Of Public Health And Sanitation has entered into a social franchising agreement with population s

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NACC: Sh9 Billion Spent On ARVs The Standard, Pg. 10
Monday, 15 Aug 2011

The National AIDS Control Council director says that the council spends more than Sh9 billion annually to provide 460,000 people living with HIV with anti-retroviral drugs.

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Unmasking the ‘Underworld’ of Varsity Students The People, Pg. 14
Monday, 15 Aug 2011

Young people in Kenya today face serious threats to their health and well-being and an uphill struggle to stay in school, and remain free of sexually transmitted infections, including HIV, with a worrying factor being the reckless behavior of university and college students.

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Female Condoms Slowly Gaining Popularity, Says Report Kenya Today, Pg. 15
Monday, 15 Aug 2011

A new report by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) says that for the fourth consecutive year, access to female condom has increased dramatically, reaching a record number of 50 million in 2009, and is attributed by aggressive grass root campaign.

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Maambukizi Ya HIV Kwa Watoto Yapungua Taifa Jumapili, Pg. 5
Sunday, 14 Aug 2011

Mkurugenzi wa huduma za matibabu asema kuwa viwango vya maambukizi ya ugonjwa wa ukimwi kutoka kwa mama hadi mtoto vimepungua kwa idadi kubwa tangu kuanzishwa kwa mpango unaolenga akina mama wanaugua ugonjwa huo.

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HIV Testing Now Made Even Easier The Standard, Pg. 1
Saturday, 13 Aug 2011

A new oral HIV self testing technology, which is a move away from the current invasive approach may lead to reduced infections and increase in the number of persons put under antiretroviral drug treatment regime, with an evaluation report by the Kenya AIDS vaccine initiative showing that the meth

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Sex Workers Mean Business The Standard, Instinct Magazine, Pg. 16
Saturday, 13 Aug 2011

Daughtie Ogutu a former sex worker and a member of Fahamu, a Pan African social justice organization, advocates for the rights of sex workers stating that she is fighting for sex work to be decriminalized in Kenya to enable them operate under safe environment, enjoy health and labour rights. 

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