Fight Against HIV Turns to Adolescents and Children
Kenya is not doing well in its fight against HIV in adolescents and children, despite the overall national and international gains made in tackling the disease. “Out of the 72,000…
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Countrywide 100-day Rapid Results Initiative for HIV Testing and Treatment
In March 2016, the Ministry of Health launched a 100-day national HIV Testing and Treatment Rapid Results Initiative (RRI) during a three-day stakeholders planning meeting in Nairobi. The RRI was…
Chikungunya
What is Chikungunya? Chikungunya is a viral disease spread to humans by mosquitoes, similar to dengue and Zika viruses. This viral disease was first described during an outbreak in southern…
Ending AIDS by 2030
The recent UNAIDS Global AIDS Update 2016 reveals that the worldwide scale-up of antiretroviral therapy (ART) is on a fast-track trajectory and has surpassed global expectations. By the end of 2015,…
Good Turns That Change Lives – Nurse Naomi Wanjiru Gives Back
The USAID funded Tuberculosis Accelerated Response and Care (TB ARC) activity team in the company of Nurse Naomi Wanjiru set out on a journey to Kwale County to visit Ndulu…
Get Ready for Plain Tobacco Packaging
On May 31 every year, CHS joins the Ministry of Health, WHO and other health partners around the world in marking World No Tobacco Day (WNTD), highlighting the health risks associated with…