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ARV: What is Unknown in East and Central Africa?

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ARVsSince the introduction Antiretroviral Therapy (ARV) in all countries in East Africa there has been a tremendous reduction in death resulting from HIV/AIDS; this fact has been favored by the availability of the drug to most people.”WHO in its December 2004 Report noted that, anti-retroviral medications are now available at more than 700 sites across the region”. The study also found that African ARV patients are equally or more likely than patients in developed countries to maintain the drugs’ strict daily treatment schedule. This finding has confounded critics who argued that poor adherence rates would accelerate the emergence of drug-resistant strains of the virus.

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An Open Letter to Nzamba Kitonga

The Harmonized Draft Constitution of Kenya (2009) decreed in Article 9:1-4 Kiswahili as a national language, and the official languages as Kiswahili and English. As for the mother tongue (MT), the state is compelled to respect, promote and protect the diversity of the language of the people of Kenya, and to promote the development and use of indigenous language; also promote and develop the use of Braille and other modes of communication for persons with visual and other impairment. But the discretionary language used in Article 9 on the role of the state in promotion of Indigenous language is worrisome ...

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