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Faith in action: Examining the role of Faith-Based Organizations in addressing HIV/AIDS.
(2005)
The HIV/AIDS pandemic has already claimed 23 million lives, 3 million in 2004 alone.1 With 39 million people now living with HIV/AIDS,1 the international community is working diligently to identify effective mechanisms to ...
Sources of resillience among kenyan youth newly diagnosed with HIV/AIDS in the nairobi slum of kibera: Implications for intervetion
(University Of Nairobi, 2009)
Adolescents and young adults who are living with HIV in Kenya comprise a growing percentage of the population. Currently, youth (ages 15-35) represent 38% of the Kenyan population, yet over 60% of new HIV infections occur ...
Impediments in the War Against HIV/AIDS among the Rural and Urban Poor in Kenya
(LUISSO, 2006)
Kenya has declared war on the HIV/AIDS pandemic. But a victory in any war is often
achieved when those managing the war possess unity of purpose, a common set of
deeply cherished values and, above all, a conscience large ...
Policy implications of the inadequate support systems for orphans in Western Kenya
(2001)
This paper describes the support systems available for orphans in a rural Luo community in Nyang'oma sub-location in Bondo District of Western Kenya. Qualitative data were collected through in-depth interviews with orphaned ...
HIV/AIDS risk and worry in Northern Kenya
(2009)
Data from a 2003 survey of sexual behaviour (n = 400) conducted in the Ariaal community of Karare, Marsabit District, northern Kenya, were used to delineate patterns of risk and worry about contracting HIV/AIDS. Despite ...
Male Circumcision in Siaya and Bondo Districts, Kenya Prospective Cohort Study to Assess Behavioral DisinhibitionFollowing Circumcision
(2007)
Background: Evidence for efficacy of male circumcision as an
HIV prevention measure is increasing, but there is serious concern
that men who are circumcised may subsequently adopt more risky
sexual behaviors.
Methods: ...
Self-deception does not explain high-risk sexual behavior in the face of HIV/AIDS: A test from northern Kenya
(2006)
Throughout sub-Saharan Africa, there is resistance to changing sexual behavior despite survey data indicating high levels of knowledge about HIV transmission patterns and high-risk behavior. Previous explanations for this ...
HIV/AIDS and Debt Crises: Threat to human survival in Sub‐Saharan Africa*
(2003)
Whether originating from the African primates in the Central African forest, or from polio vaccine trials by some western scientists, there is no doubt that HIV/AIDS poses the greatest single challenge to the marginalized ...
School as a Workplace in Kenya: Evaluation of the Teachers Matter HIV/AIDS Project
(UNESCO, 2007)
Countless HIV/AIDS interventions rely on teachers to deliver vital prevention messages to their
students but do not target the teachers as direct beneficiaries, even though the teachers themselves are
at risk of HIV ...