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FHI Urges Support for Crisis Relief in Kenya
Geographic Information Systems Strengthen FHI Program Planning
Multi-Story Gardens Thrive in Difficult Terrain
Nuru ya Jamii Helps PLHA Build Job Skills
Program Empowers Woman to Overcome Obstacles, Reduce Stigma
Community Renews Commitment to HIV/AIDS Prevention, Care and Support in World AIDS Day Commemoration
FHI Awarded APHIA II Project in Rift Valley and Coastal Province
FHI Supports Gold Star Network of Care Providers
Alicia Keys Visits Kenyan Children's Project
HIV Message Broadcast Along Transport Corridor MARCH 2006 — An innovative campaign is bringing a powerful HIV message to truckers and others along East Africa's Northern transport corridor. The campaign, anchored by a series of bold billboards, uses traffic light imagery to convey the message: STOP, PREPARE YOURSELF and AVOID AIDS.
Coca-Cola Collaborates with FHI to Support OVC
NOVEMBER 2005 — FHI/Kenya and Coca-Cola launched a nationwide campaign this month to raise money for projects to support orphans and vulnerable children.
First Chinese HIV/AIDS Managers Delegation Visits FHI/Kenya
NOVEMBER 2005 — A delegation of Chinese HIV/AIDS managers visited Kenya for the first time to learn about management of the country's national HIV/AIDS program. The delegation was sponsored by the China AIDS Road Map Technical Support (CHARTS) Project, which is funded by DFID and implemented by FHI.
FHI/Kenya Launches Catalyzing Capacity Series
FHI Pilots Franchise Program for HIV/AIDS Treatment
Kenyan Doctors Discuss AIDS Treatment with NYU Counterparts
FHI/Kenya Reports on Battling Stigma of HIV Testing
Exhibition on HIV and AIDS Opens at Kenya's National Museum AUGUST 2005 — Kenya's National Museum in Nairobi has opened one of first HIV/AIDS exhibits ever mounted in an African museum. "Taking a Positive Step" uses interactive multimedia to present a broad range of information about the epidemic. The exhibition is supported by the IIMPACT Project.
Kenya's 'IMPACT Update' Newsletter is Available Now
Kenyan Companies Get Support for Employee HIV Treatment
MTV President Visits IMPACT Project in Nakuru
Training Doctors to Care for HIV-Positive Children
USAID, FHI Donate Vehicle for TB Project to Samburu
Colin Powell Discusses HIV Prevention with Kenyan Youth
JANUARY 2005 — In one of his last public appearances as U.S. Secretary of State, Colin Powell met in Nairobi with 19 young Kenyans to discuss their involvement in HIV prevention activities supported by the IMPACT Project. The young peer educators, youth dramatists and members of the Girl Guides explained how the epidemic affects their lives and what they are doing to promote HIV prevention among youth.
USAID, NASCOP Convoke ART Groups for National Conference
New ART Resource Gives Simple, But Important Lessons
Dignitaries Open New HIV Comprehensive Care Centers FEBRUARY 2004 — Kenya's minister of health and the US and Japanese ambassadors to Kenya officially opened the HIV Comprehensive Care Center at the Rift Valley Provincial General Hospital as well as two satellite centers at Naivasha Sub-District Hospital and Katkures Health Center, all in Nakuru District of Rift Valley Province. The network of centers provide people living with HIV/AIDS services such as VCT, ART, management of TB and opportunistic and sexually transmitted infections, and reproductive health and PMTCT services. Through FHI/IMPACT, the USAID-Japan Partnership for Global Health provided funding to build the three facilities, renovate existing structures, furnish and equip the facilities, and provide training and technical assistance to establish comprehensive services. View a photo collage from the event.
Comprehensive Care Center Welcomes New Patients in Mombasa Download the Comprehensive Care Program, Nakuru, Kenya, flyer. (1 page, 62.7 KB)
New Program in Mombasa
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FEBRUARY 2008 — Since the contested December presidential elections in Kenya, more than 1,000 people have been killed and 300,000 uprooted by ethnic violence in Kenya. Support FHI's efforts to meet the health needs of people displaced by the widespread violence.
SEPTEMBER 2007 — For Family Health International, state-of-the-art geographic information systems (GIS) offer an exciting way to use data to improve outcomes in our HIV/AIDS programs. In late 2006, we began to explore how GIS can be applied in our programs in Kenya, Rwanda, and Zambia. FHI's offices in Indonesia, Nigeria, and Nepal are also using GIS.
JANUARY 2007 — A Nuru ya Jamii partner is helping Kenyans grow vegetables year-round using multi-story gardens. Nahashon Njuguna and his wife use the gardens to support six grandchildren. Now, to secure their future, he is teaching the two eldest the gardening technique. 
JANUARY 2007 — Sarah Mose's father died of an AIDS-related illness in 2000. Her mother was also HIV-positive and lost her job. Sarah, who had to care for her bedridden mother, became pregnant in 2002 — seemingly dashing her dreams of attending college. Learn how Nuru ya Jamii community health workers helped this family find the care and support they need.
JANUARY 2007 — Less than a year ago, Esther Nanga Audi had lost the will to live. After the tragic death of her HIV-positive husband, Esther's in-laws seized the family's possessions, forcing her to care for her two children in an empty house. Then she learned she too was HIV-positive. Discover how Nuru ya Jamii helped Esther, and now she is a dynamic campaigner for PLHA in her community.
DECEMBER 2006 — More than 500 children, youth and adults gathered on the grounds of Malaba Primary School near the border between Kenya and Uganda to commemorate World AIDS Day Dec. 1. Music, drama and stirring "testimonies" from community members touched the audience. By day's end, 107 people sought counseling and testing at a clinic set up on site to provide these services for free.
NOVEMBER 2006 – The U.S. Agency for International Development has selected FHI to lead implementation of the AIDS, Population, and Health Integrated Assistance Program (APHIA II) in Kenya's Rift Valley and Coast Province from 2006-2009. The program will help Kenyans lead healthier lives by easing access to an increased range of quality health services. The U.S. Ambassador to Kenya, Michael E. Ranneberger, officially launched the program in Mombasa, Kenya, on Sept. 26.
June 2006 — The story of Pamela Miheso illustrates how optimism, coupled with the positive effects of strong social networks, can help HIV-infected people overcome the effects of stigma while growing and creating positive change.
APRIL 2006 — Family Health International is partnering with the Kenya Medical Association to support a network of private providers to deliver HIV care under the brand name Gold Star Network. This network complements national subsidized services by treating those able to pay, effectively reducing the burden on government HIV/AIDS services. Benefits of membership include access to medicine and supplies of guaranteed quality; laboratory facilities and rapid turnaround on tests; links to a network of technical experts; and comprehensive training and ongoing continuing medical education. 
APRIL 2006 — American Grammy Award-winning singer Alicia Keys recently visited Kenya projects that she and other celebrities fund through Keep a Child Alive, a charitable organization committed to supporting young HIV patients in Africa.
