March 31, 2025
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Kenya

New antiretroviral therapy to be launched in South Africa, Kenya and over 90 low- and middle-income countries at reduced price

Steve Lee, Editor012 mins

NW YORK, N.Y. – A breakthrough pricing agreement has been announced which will accelerate the availability of the first affordable, generic, single-pill HIV treatment regimen containing dolutegravir (DTG) to public sector purchasers in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) at around US$75 per person, per year. The agreement is expected to accelerate treatment rollout as part…

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Coalition of faith leaders and faith-based organizations urges faith communities to support LGBTI communities under attack

Steve Lee, Editor07 mins

NEW YORK – In response to hateful anti-LGBTI attacks by American “faith leaders” at the recent World Congress of Families in Kenya, American Jewish World Service (AJWS), 250+ faith leaders and dozens of faith-based organizations have condemned American extremists who export hatred of LGBTI people to developing countries. To punish LGBTI people for who they are and…

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President Obama addresses LGBT rights on a visit to Kenya (VIDEO)

Steve Lee, Editor04 mins

At a press conference Saturday in Nairobi, Kenya, President Obama said countries should not discriminate based on sexual orientation. Responding to a question on the treatment of gay and lesbians in Kenya, which rights groups have called dismal, and President Kenyatta has called a non-issue, Obama said, “Similarly, with respect to the rights of gays…

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Kenyan author ‘comes out’ in protest over Nigerian anti-gay law

Steve Lee, Editor24 mins

Novelist, short story writer, author and journalist Binyavanga Wainaina declared his homosexuality this past week in a short story entitled I am A Homosexual, Mum to protest the passage of anti-gay laws in Nigeria. Wainaina, the founder of the Nairobi-based literary network Kwani, writes, “”I, Binyavanga Wainaina, quite honestly swear I have known I am a…

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