The International Harm Reduction Development Program (IHRD) that sits within the public health program at Open Society Foundation’s New York office had a meeting with the Kenya implementing partners on the existing Kenya’s policies that may be impediment for health and rights . Most of the drugs laws that are in place today were passed…
The National AIDS and STIs Control Programme (NASCOP) will soon start a Medically Assisted Therapy (MAT) for People Who Inject Drugs (PWID) in the country. Methadone will be administered daily as part of comprehensive package in order to address health and social consequences of opioid use. The treatment will begin in Nairobi, Kisumu, Mombasa, Kilifi…
Data management is the development and execution of architectures, policies, practices and procedures in order to manage the information lifecycle needs of an organization in an effective manner. There are various approaches to data management. The effective management of organizational data has grown into an importance for the growth of it. Reachout Centre Trust has…
26TH – 30TH AUGUST, 2013, NAIROBI, KENYA TRAINNING REPORT By Taib Abdulrahman Background and Introduction The Center for African Family Studies (CAFS) held a one-week course on advocacy skills for sexual reproductive health and HIV AIDS programs. The training was conducted from 26th -30th August 2013 at the Hilton Hotel. The objective of the course…
After injecting himself with drugs and being in drug use for many years, Abubakar who is 41, divorced and living with his sister in Likoni is a happy man after testing HIV negative in 2012 March. Since then he has maintained his recovery and is now enjoying sobriety and trying to forget the loss of…
Kenya’s Coast line region is the most affected by narcotic drug use in the country, while Mombasa County has the 5th highest burden of HIV among the 47 counties in Kenya, with a prevalence of about 20% compared to the national prevalence of 5.6 %( KAIS2012). There are approximately over 77,100 persons who are living…
Mr. Murad A. Saad was born and raised in Mombasa, Kenya. After studies he immersed himself in business, with the responsibilities of managing his companies. He began the fight against drugs in 1998, when he started going round the coastal towns and villages educating the locals about the dangers of drug abuse, which by then…
