HOMA BAY, Kenya — It was at her cousin’s wedding that Rose realized something was wrong. She had been living in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi, making a living as a hairdresser. But at her cousin’s wedding, Rose’s eyes started to ...
An initiative that aims to reduce HIV/AIDS infections in adolescent girls and young women in ten Sub-Sharan African countries has been launched in Kenya. The two-year US$210 million project known as Determined, Resilient, Empowered ...
The recent approval by the Kenya Pharmacy and Poisons Board of the drug Truvada for prevention of HIV by uninfected persons deemed at risk -- Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) -- reflects commitment from the regulatory authority ...
When Kenyan teenager Rosemary Olale found out she was pregnant, her guardians threw her out of their home in shame, despite the fact no one taught her about safe sex. She didn't dare tell them she was also HIV positive. "You just feel like ...
Adolescents are still at risk of contracting and succumbing to HIV/Aids despite interventions to curb the scourge, First Lady Margaret Kenyatta said on Wednesday. She said that since the discovery of the disease in the 1980s, the fight ...
First Lady Margaret Kenyatta Wednesday took the HIV awareness message among adolescents a notch higher when she opened an international conference on peer education, sexuality, HIV/Aids in Nairobi. She called for the use of peer ...
Nairobi — Seventy-three-year-old Dorcus Auma effortlessly weaves sisal fronds into a beautiful basket as she walks the tiny path that snakes up a hill. She wound up her farm work early because today, Thursday, she is required to attend her ...
The first and only study to look at isolate HIV-neutralizing antibodies from infants has found that novel antibodies that could protect against many variants of HIV can be produced relatively quickly after infection compared to adults. This suggests ...
