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ABDELHALIM HAFEZ : Balash Etab

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و في حضن الشوق و الحنية

غمضت عينيَّ شوية

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و الدنيا ملك إيديَّ


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مش ببكي عليك مش ببكي عليك انا ببكي عليَّ

ياما ياما قلبي داب من عذاب الحب ياما

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ياما شفت النور ضلام

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ابداً مش هقدر اسامحك

ابعد خليك في مكانك

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ABDELHALIM HAFEZ : Ahebak

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HIV and AIDS in Kenya is opening new frontiers---- remote outposts inhabited by pastoralists, hitherto assumed to be a safe group amidst as current efforts misguidedly devote attention to ‘high risk’ populations in Urban and Peri urban areas.

Of concern to experts is that while all indications show surging HIV/Aids infection rates among pastoral communities, particularly the Masai and the Samburu, little appears on the horizon that aims to address harsh terrain, insecurity and entrenched cultural practices, all which place hurdles in efforts to contain the scourge.

Speaking during the World Aids Day cerebrations, the Rift Valley Provincial Commissioner Hassan Noor called on the government to scale up HIV/Aids interventions among pastoral communities.

He noted that Samburu District has the highest infection rate in vast Rift Valley Province that stands at 6.2%. Samburu District Medical Officer of Health, Shadrack Mutai told Africa Science News Service that health facilities in the District are grappling with rising toll of HIV/Aids opportunistic infections affecting local population.

Besides HIV/Aids, other leading morbidity diseases in the District include, upper respiratory tract infections, Malaria, Diarhoea, Pneumonia and Eye infections, according to Kenya Demographic Health Survey(KDHS) of 2003.

Although the government has scaled up efforts to contain the epidemic in the District, significant hurdles are yet to be overcome.

“Growing insecurity in Samburu District due to banditry has presented the most portent threat to HIV/Aids interventions as health care givers fail to access Anti Retroviral drugs to the sick people in the hotspots”, says Mutai.

Other challenges to effective HIV/Aids interventions in Samburu District include poor infrastructure and inadequate and understaffed health facilities, notes Mutai.

These are the same districts and communities where Female Genital Mutilation is rampant, exposing teenage girls to higher risk of transmission of HIV virus.

“Poverty, cultural beliefs that encourage polygamy and infidelity as well as prostitution in urban centres have contributed to rising infection rates among the Samburu”, he adds.

He decried Moran dances that encourage casual sex as responsible for high infection rates among Samburu youth.

Mutai however notes that awareness on HIV/Aids among the Samburu is relatively high due to vigorous campaigns carried out by the government in conjunction with non governmental organizations. Behaviour change however is negligible.

The Ministry of Health has partnered with civic groups, Nomadic Community Trust and Saidia to promote condom use as well as distribution of hygienic blades for circumcision, says Mutai.

Dofa Abdi, the District Coordinator, HIV/Aids and Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIS) Programmes, observed that lack of specific policies to bolster HIV/Aids interventions among pastoralists is responsible for high infection rates among these communities.

He notes that limited resources have been availed to assist in scaling up HIV/Aids prevention and treatment among pastoralists.

The Ministry of Health has developed comprehensive Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission (PMTCT) as well as Paediatric ARV programmes for Samburu, says Abdi.

He adds that proper nutrition for patients on antiretroviral therapy is a huge challenge as the District is food insecure.


SOURCE :

http://africasciencenews.org/asns/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=849&Itemid=1




Condom use among the Samburu, a pastoralist community of Kenya’s Rift Valley Province still remains low and a great concern.


District medical officer of health in Samburu Dr Shadrack Mutai said during an interview with the Africa Science News Service that a prevalence rate of 11 percent is worrying which stands above the national average of 7.4 percent.

“Condom usage according to statistics is less than 20 percent while the distribution of the commodities remains high. In recent weeks we have noticed high infection rates in our seven VCT centers.

“Sixty percent of the people who test for HIV are positive while the death rate among people with HIV still remains high,” said the health officer at Maralal District Hospital during the interview.

He adds that most of the people are not taking ARVS properly and regularly for various reasons. One of the reasons he says are that they keep moving from place to place in search for pasture for their livestock.

“Worse still is that condom use among the women is very low standing at less than five percent. It is because the community needs to be educated on matters relating to HIV even more. The awareness level remains low,” said Dr Mutai.

Another senior doctor at the facility said that TB and HIV/AIDS manyattas have been put up in several parts of the district to combat the disease among the pastoral community.

“One Manyatta can host at least five people and they are many. On top of that, they are provided with food supplements in a district which covers over 22,000 square kilometers. “We know that these people move a lot and they can continue their treatments in different parts of the district,” said Dr Samuel Misoi.

The housing units are set up in 5 health centers and one district hospital as well as a mission hospital in the entire district, the only one of their kind in the country.

Currently, according to government figures Samburu district leads in the Rift Valley in HIV prevalence.

Mobile community HIV testing site have recently been established with the help of the Global Fund.

“Despite condom use being low, it is on a slow increase,” said Dr Misoi.


SOURCE :

http://africasciencenews.org/asns/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=854&Itemid=1

Lethal scourge the greatest challenge

Kenya joins the rest of the world to mark the International Aids Day. This is a moment for reality check.
It provides a chance to examine the status of HIV infection at the national and global levels, reflect on the successes of the interventions to tackle the challenge, and plan for new strategies to push the campaign against a scourge that has defied medical science.

Various activities are lined up countrywide.

One such activity rolled out by the National Aids Control Council last week is a door-to-door voluntary Aids testing and counselling campaign aimed at increasing the number of people aware about their status.

As available figures show, up to 83 per cent of those living with HIV do not know their status, and yet this is the starting point in dealing with the pandemic.

For Kenya, the day should provide a chance for sober reflection on the war against this life-threatening challenge. Some 1.4 million people aged 15-64 are infected. Gains made in the past few years are being reversed, as more new cases of infections emerge.

According to the ‘‘Kenya Aids Indicator Survey 2007’’, the prevalence rate among adults rose from 5 per cent in 2006 to 7.1 per cent.

More women than men are affected, a sign that the challenge continues to manifest itself as a gender issue, too.

The worst challenge is the emergence of high numbers of Aids orphans, and households headed by children or elderly grandparents.

The toll on economic and other productive sectors has been clearly documented.

Although many inventions have come through medical science such as anti-retroviral drugs that prolong life, there is no cure yet for Aids.

This is why the campaign must still focus on the ABC approach — abstinence, being faithful and condom use.

The net sum is that Aids remains the single most lethal challenge to humankind.


SOURCE :

http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Editorial/-/440804/496652/-/qjo4k6z/-/

Ugali no longer affordable for many

Kenyans are worried as the prices of the Ugali, the maize-based staple food have doubled. A 2 kilo packet cost now 1.8 $ and is going beyond the reach of the population.
Ugali is the most consumed food in kenya. It’s prepared by maize flour and it’s affordable to most of Kenyans including the poorest. That is not anymore, maize flour prices have sharply rose.

About 45 percent of the Kenyan population is considered to be poor and to have maize as their survival food. As I write, many go to bed with empty stomachs.

The blame game has began. The government is blaming the trade cartels. With the 2 kilogram maize flour price higher than a litre of gasoline, Kenyans are waiting to see what the government will about it.


Source :

http://www.africanews.com/site/list_messages/21910



A square meal becomes a luxury

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Conjugal rights used to ‘punish’ spouses


You may no longer be hearing screams and wails as your neighbour batters his wife. But the couple next door may be experiencing the worst form of gender-based violence.

This is because perpetrators of domestic violence have adopted a new way to punish their victims — denying them sex.

It is now official; husbands and wives are increasingly refusing to share a bed with their spouses in the new form of gender-based violence.

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