News: Kenya

New circumcision technique trialled in Kenya

A new tool in the battle against AIDS has been trialled in Kenya with at least one positive result.

16/02/2010

ICC: Kenya needs to protect election violence witnesses

People who have agreed to testify regarding election violence in Kenya have been threatened, according to one international organisation.

26/01/2010

Kenyan orphanage for HIV-positive children 'saved by funding'

Cher and Clint Eastwood have donated funds to an orphanage in Kenya, enabling it to remain open, it has been reported.

13/01/2010

Deadly floods 'threaten health and livelihoods in Kenya'

Floods in Kenya have killed at least 20 people, damaged crops and may now bring about an outbreak of cholera, it has been reported.

11/01/2010

Exploitation of Tana River Delta 'threatening livelihoods in Kenya'

The commercialisation of the Tana River Delta could result in damage to people's livelihoods, it has been claimed.

23/12/2009

Kenya's economic growth 'hindered by lack of rain'

Economic growth and livelihoods in Kenya are being held back by droughts, it has been reported.

21/12/2009

Kenya set to receive funding for HIV and AIDS

Kenya is set to benefit from funding from the US to help tackle HIV and AIDS.

16/12/2009

Kenyan government warns of mutating HIV virus

Kenya's medical services secretary has claimed that the HIV virus is mutating and could become resistant to the drugs commonly prescribed at the present time.

30/11/2009

Fewer Kenyans dying of AIDS, report finds

Research conducted by the UN has found that fewer people are dying of AIDS in Kenya.

30/11/2009

Lift of US HIV travel ban hailed

AIDS activists in Nairobi hailed the abolition of a 22-year old ban on people infected with HIV entering the US. Michael Angaga, regional coordinator for the Network of African People Living with HIV/AIDS (NAP+), praised the news.

04/11/2009

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