AWC Site syndication http://www.awcfs.org Tue, 13 May 2008 06:04:57 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.awcfs.org/content/view/400/2/ When Jacinta Marete discovered that she was pregnant, she was in her first year in one of the public universities in the country. Having been among the chosen few who secure themselves a place in these institutions of higher learning, her dream of becoming a pharmacist was slowly shaping up. But this new developments, threatened to deal a hard blow to a dream she had nurtured for many years. Only 19 years old, she felt like her world had fallen apart. “I was shattered, I knew my parents would be disappointed and that my boyfriend wouldn’t take responsibility, I had to do something drastic,’’ she said solemnly. Features - Health Wed, 23 Apr 2008 04:00:31 +0100 http://www.awcfs.org/content/view/393/2/ Still in its nascent stages, the Kenya National Social Protection Plan is an ambitious government project that proposes far-reaching policies and actions for the poor and vulnerable that will enhance their capacity to cope with poverty and equip them to better manage risks and shocks. The process begun in early 2007. Features - Sustainable Development Mon, 14 Apr 2008 03:05:30 +0100 http://www.awcfs.org/content/view/387/2/ Journalists who covered and were psychologically affected by last year’s post election violence are now going to benefit from a trauma counseling programme that was launched last week.Organized by the Kenya Association of Photographers, Illustrators and Designers (KAPIDE) and Kenya Correspondents’ Association (KCA) and funded by International Media Support (IMS), the programme will provide trauma counseling to a total of 150 journalists. Features - Health Tue, 01 Apr 2008 03:01:27 +0100 http://www.awcfs.org/content/view/386/2/ Sleeping sickness, a disease that was thought to have been wiped out in Uganda has started re-emerging at an alarming rate, sending panic with the Ugandan health sector and across the border. Caused by tse tse flies and rated as one of the neglected tropical ailments in the developing world, the disease is already spreading to new areas of Uganda where it was once eradicated. Features - Health Tue, 01 Apr 2008 02:53:12 +0100 http://www.awcfs.org/content/view/385/2/ A new study released last week shows that 40 percent of health workers in public, private, faith based and non governmental health facilities exhibit stigma and discrimination tendencies against HIV Aids positive patients. Conducted between 2006 and 2007 in the country’s five provinces, the study reveals how government hospitals are operating without standard policy guidelines for People Living with HIV Aids (PLHIV), despite the policy documents lying at the Ministry of Health. Features - Health Thu, 27 Mar 2008 10:02:32 +0100