Prevention/Epidemiology

Kenya to Train Health Workers to Counsel HIV-Positive People, Prevent Further Transmission

From Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation

October 5, 2010

"Kenyan health workers have been missing the opportunity to prevent HIV-positive people from infecting others because they lack the skills and knowledge to counsel this population, say specialists," IRIN/PlusNews writes. The article examines a national health worker training effort by JHPIEGO, an NGO affiliated with Johns Hopkins University, as well as couple's counseling and the need to identify HIV-positive people to prevent further transmission of the virus (10/4).

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