March 2

• Kenya: Male Circumcision Programme Suffers Setback

  Kenya's most recent male circumcision rapid results initiative failed to meet its target, and officials are stepping up efforts to identify and fix the problems that could foil the... Read more »

February 14

• Kenya: Discordance Strains Commitment

  When they first got married six years ago, Mary and William Simiyu were a typical newly-wed couple - full of love and hope about their future together. Three years into their... Read more »

February 7

• Kenya: Tackling Underage Sex Work in Gold Mines

  Inside a smoky makeshift kiosk, Julie*, 16, can hardly cope with the demand from her clients for a cup of tea and a snack - the men are parched from their work as gold miners in... Read more »

January 27

• Kenya: Shortage of HIV Test Kits Raises Concerns

  Voluntary counselling and testing centres around Kenya are turning people away due to a shortage of HIV testing kits after the recall in December of more than one million faulty... Read more »

January 24

• Kenya: Male Circumcision - Women Need Counselling Too

  A small Kenyan study has found that more women than men feel HIV is a less serious threat after their male partners are circumcised; the study also made local news for finding that... Read more »

January 16

• Kenya: The Challenges of Including Men in Mother-to-Child Reduction

  Involving men is increasingly being promoted as a key element in the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV, and while its benefits are well-documented - in one Kenyan... Read more »

January 5

• Kenya: New Guidelines Follow Recall of Faulty HIV Test

  The Kenyan government has changed its HIV testing algorithm following the withdrawal of a widely used brand of HIV test on warnings from UN World Health Organization (WHO). Read more »

December 21, 2011

• Kenya: Stigma Hinders Participation in Clinical HIV Trials

  Would-be participants in HIV research often refuse to volunteer out of fear of being labelled as HIV-positive and subsequently stigmatized by their communities, according to a... Read more »

December 19, 2011

• Kenya: Helping Women to End Sex-for-Fish Culture

  For the past five years, Achieng*, a 35-year-old widow and mother of six, has sold fish on the Kenyan shores of Lake Victoria; like many women in the fish trade, Achieng often has... Read more »

December 2, 2011

• Kenya: Better Funding Key to Improving Rural HIV Care

  When Christopher Okanga and his wife tested positive for HIV in 2006, they halted all plans to have children. Read more »

November 16, 2011

• Kenya: Local Production Means Cheaper ARVS

  A Kenyan pharmaceutical company has been given the green light by the World Health Organization (WHO) to start producing antiretroviral (ARV) drugs, which could result in... Read more »

October 27, 2011

• Kenya: Sexual Violence Still a Major Urban Threat

  Reports of gender-based violence are on the rise in Kenya's cities, and experts say the police must improve their handling of cases of sexual assault to build public trust in the... Read more »

October 19, 2011

• Kenya: Government Grapples With Counterfeit ARVs

  Kenya's government is scrambling to remove thousands of batches of counterfeit antiretrovirals (ARVs) from circulation after patients and health workers reported irregularities in... Read more »

October 5, 2011

• Kenya: University Freshers Often Green About Dangers of HIV

  They arrive at university looking forward to the freedom and challenges that come with life on campus, but researchers say few Kenyan "freshers" are prepared to navigate the murky... Read more »

September 23, 2011

• Kenya: Weird Science Helping Bid to Defeat Virus

  Computer gamers, glow-in-the-dark cats and neutralizing viruses sound like the stuff of science fiction but they may be the key to eliminating HIV. Read more »

September 16, 2011

• Kenya: Hidden Sex Work, HIV Risk in Dadaab

  At Ifo trading centre, a short distance from northeastern Kenya's Dadaab refugee complex, Hawa*, a teenage girl, sits in a dark room on an old jerry can holding a small bunch of... Read more »

September 8, 2011

• Somalia: Refugees At Risk of Sexual Violence

  Amina*, 27, left her home town of Kismayo in south-central Somalia at the end of May for northern Kenya's Dadaab refugee camp. Read more »

August 23, 2011

• Kenya: Weak HIV-Positive People Struggle to Access Food Aid

  Every morning, Julia Aukot walks 17km to eastern Kenya's Isiolo town in search of work so she can feed her six children and ailing husband; the journey is punishing, but as her... Read more »

August 3, 2011

• Kenya: Clinics Struggle to Keep Patients Not Yet Eligible for ARVs

  Jairus Musau tested HIV-positive two years ago, but when he was told he would not immediately be given antiretrovirals, his parents insisted he visit a traditional healer in his... Read more »

July 26, 2011

• Kenya: Illiteracy Hampers Treatment Programmes

  Isaac Nanok religiously collects his antiretrovirals (ARVs) from his local health centre every month, but the information on the packaging is meaningless as he is illiterate. Read more »

July 12, 2011

• Kenya: More Cervical Cancer Screening for HIV-Positive Women Urged

  The Kenyan government is taking steps to incorporate screening for cervical cancer - one of the biggest killers of women of child-bearing age - into HIV care, but health workers... Read more »

June 21, 2011

• Kenya: Poor Adherence Threatens Paediatric ARV Programme

  As Kenya puts more HIV-positive children on life-prolonging antiretroviral (ARV) drugs, experts are warning that unless more effort is put into ensuring the medicines are taken... Read more »

June 14, 2011

• Kenya: Rural MSM Too Afraid to Access HIV Health Services

  Discriminatory laws and a largely homophobic society mean that men who have sex with men (MSM) in Kenya generally find it difficult to access HIV-related information and health... Read more »

May 19, 2011

• Kenya: Protest as Govt Grapples With HIV Funding Shortages

  Hundreds of Kenyan AIDS activists held a protest on 18 May in the capital, Nairobi to demand that the government meet its commitment to increase annual health and HIV funding. Read more »

May 12, 2011

• Kenya: Outrage Over 'Cash for Contraception' Offer to HIV Positive Women

  The Kenyan government and rights groups have expressed outrage at a project in western Kenya that is paying HIV-positive women to undergo long-term contraception. Read more »