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Disability
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:: AWARENESS
AND TREATMENT:
The need for more AIDS awareness especially with increased
access to treatment is important for all including us who
use sign language...
The Deaf VCT is available to provide all the information counselling
and testing needs. They will also refer you to hospitals where
you will be given treatment for any other illness including
Anti-retroviral treatment...More
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| ::What
does Adherence mean? It
means taking medicines in the right amounts at the right
time with or without food as necessary and checking for
interactions with any other medication you may be taking.
It is also about making sure you have your drugs prescribed
again well before you run out and that you have all the
information you need to make the best use of your medicines...More
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:: HIV
among Lesbians:
The first ever scientifically proven case of sexual transmittion
of HIV between women has been reported...More
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:: Is
Nairobi Hospital Disability-friendly?
I posed this question for a few friends after working
as a sign language interpreter for a patient who was admitted
to the hospital for a week. The Nairobi Hopistal is one of the
most prestigious Hospitals in the country....More
::Mathari Hospital
in a pathetic condition.
Sometime in the 1990’s I used to visit Mathari
mental hospital quite frequently to see a patient, who later died.
So I stopped going to the hospital until recently... more
:: Disability and HIV/AIDS.
In developing countries including Kenya, access to health is a
major challenge for disabled communities. HIV/AIDS management
programmes are...More
::The disabled are at
Risks to HIV/AIDS
Disability-based challenges increase disabled persosn risk to
HIV/AIDS...More
::Strategies of the Blind Against Aids
The National Council for Persons with Disabilities intitiated
a campaign for provide materials for the blind in AIDS. The materials
were produced and were Brailled... more
:: NACC
Joint AIDs Review Meeting with stakeholders from Organisations
with Disabilites
The Annual stakeholders review meeting of progress the
response is making within the disability sector was held resently
at a nairobi hotel... more
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Disability facts
How many people live with disabilities globally?...More
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HIV/ AIDS Prevalence among the Deaf.
HIV/AIDS is more prevalent among Deaf women than deaf
men. Estimates from deaf community mapping indicates...More
>> Previous reports
::
How to use female
Condom
:: How to use Male
Condoms
:: HOW TO SIGN THE ALPHABET.
:: Anti-Retroviral Treatment
(ART)
:: Talking
about condoms
:: What
is RAPE?
:: WHO/UN AIDS
:: NACC ::
NCPWD
::
UNICEF - Violence
against disabled children
:: Opening
of the First Deaf VCT(PDF)
::
Talking
about VCT
::
AIDs Information (PDF) in
kiswahili & English
:: Diabetes
What?
:: Deaf
AIDS Report 2000 - 2005 (PDF)
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