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  • More Education Equals Less Teen Pregnancy and HIV

    Posted: July 26, 2008, 1:11 pm by Phil
    Photo: Julius Mwelu/IRIN Girls who stay in school are less likely to contract HIV NAIROBI, 25 July 2008 (PlusNews) - Keeping Kenyan girls in school and ensuring they have access to HIV and sex education has a dramatic effect on lowering future levels of HIV, according to experts. “Young people do not have the information they [...]

  • PMTCT Services not Reaching Rural Women in Kenya

    Posted: July 26, 2008, 1:11 pm by Phil
    Photo: Manoocher Deghati/IRIN Many of the women are unaware of their status ISIOLO, 24 July 2008 (PlusNews) - The government’s campaign to prevent HIV transmission from mother to child is failing pregnant HIV-positive women in Kenya’s remote rural areas. A shortage of testing sites and trained medical staff in rural areas means many of these women [...]

  • No Substitute for Support When Taking ARVs

    Posted: July 26, 2008, 1:07 pm by Phil
    Photo: Waweru Mugo/IRIN “They know where the shoe pinches most” MERU, 16 July 2008 (PlusNews) - “We [people living with HIV] must eat well, must keep off stress - it is not good for you … if you can, please walk out on anything annoying and go and watch Vitimbi [a popular TV sitcom] or [...]
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