By REBECCA OKWANY rokwany@ke.nationmedia.com And JOHN SHILITSA jshilitsa@ke.nationmedia.com Posted Sunday, May 13 2012 at 20:43 The national Aids agency is seeking to be transformed into a government commission in a bid to boost its coffers. The National Aids Control Council (Nacc) has drafted the Kenya National Aids Control Bill that would make it an independent organ directly [...]
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Aids agency seeks autonomy in new Bill to address poor funding
HIV Vaccine Awareness Day: Moving toward a safe and effective preventive HIV vaccine
May 17, 2012 By Deb LeBel, Partnerships Specialist, AIDS.gov Tomorrow (May 18th) is HIV Vaccine Awareness Day (HVAD). This annual observance is a day for education about the importance of preventive HIV vaccine research. And, on this day, we pause to recognize and thank the thousands of volunteers, community members, health professionals, and scientists who [...]
Rwanda Study: Community-Based HIV Program Yields High Success Rates
In Rwanda, a community health worker (right) meets with a patient in his home. According to a new study by Partners In Health, patients living with HIV in rural Rwanda who receive community health worker accompaniment and social support in addition to facility-based care live longer, healthier lives than patients who only received facility-based care. In fact, [...]
Facebook: The next tool in fighting STDs
Sunday, Apr 1, 2012 03:00 AM +0300 Herpes? Dislike. Cutting-edge sex researchers are using social networks to prevent STDs from going viral By Tracy Clark-Flor Imagine being able to download a Facebook app that would alert you to your sexually transmitted infection risk based on your friend’s status updates. This may sound far-fetched, and it [...]
~ Wise Quotes ~
" Can we watch one-quarter of some countries' people die? Can 27 million orphans be left to fend for themselves? We may not be able to solve the entire problem today, but let us not be discouraged from taking the steps necessary to begin the journey. "
~ 118 bishops of the Episcopal Church, to President Bush and the US Congress, June 2001
" I believe that this could very well be looked back on as the sin of our generation...I believe that our children and their children, 40 or 50 years from now, are going to ask me, what did you do while 40 million children became orphans in Africa? "
~ Rich Stearns, President of World Vision, US
" History will judge us on how we respond to the AIDS emergency in Africa....whether we stood around with watering cans and watched while a whole continent burst into flames....or not. "
~ Bono
" No war on the face of the Earth is more destructive than the AIDS pandemic. "
~ Colin Powell
" It's really important for people who are HIV positive to reach out to let other people know that they can be tested, they can find out they can still live a life -- a positive life, a happy life. "
~ Laura Bush
" It takes a variety of strategies and initiatives to address this pandemic. It's about life and death and the survival of humanity. "
~ US Representative Barbara Lee (D-CA)
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