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HIV/AIDS PANDEMIC
jupiter
#1 Posted : Friday, April 24, 2009 12:56:00 PM
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How does one acquire the guts to go for testing?
What are the recent prevalence trends?
What factors aid its rapid spread in africa?
What information is lacking in our day-to-day living?

All that glitters is not gold
jupiter
#2 Posted : Friday, April 24, 2009 1:01:00 PM
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How significant is mpango wa kando in spreading infection?

All that glitters is not gold
mnjoro
#3 Posted : Friday, April 24, 2009 1:08:00 PM
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Jupiter you just go with your partner.Get the blood drawn and preferrably include sugar level.Take a stroll as you wait and return.Either way there are results and pray they are negative.God takes care of his kids so don,t worry too much.But i can imagine your next stage with the good news.

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jupiter
#4 Posted : Friday, April 24, 2009 1:22:00 PM
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Any representative of persons living with hiv at sk?
Anyway,what experience do sk members have to share as infected or even affected persons?

All that glitters is not gold
PONDI
#5 Posted : Friday, April 24, 2009 1:31:00 PM
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jupiter... just go to any VCT or health facility that does pre and post test counselling. very important. otherwise aids aint what it use to be. we all know most heads of NGO's dealing with hiv/aids in kenya are headed by people who have been living with the condition for over 20 years ...

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Wendz
#6 Posted : Friday, April 24, 2009 3:01:00 PM
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@xtina

are you a peer educator because you got good info right there.... thanks for sharing.

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Djinn
#7 Posted : Friday, April 24, 2009 3:02:00 PM
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And Jupiter you should also bear in mind that you should only go for the test at least 3 months post exposure and then again at 6 months - so its not a simply test. HIV anti-bodies only show up between three to six months. If after 6 months its still negative (and assuming in the 6 months you have not been exposed),then you can start the ululations and buy us beer smile

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xtina
#8 Posted : Friday, April 24, 2009 3:30:00 PM
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@ Wendz
I am in the medical field,so i am conversant with issues dealing with the health of Kenyans.

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greggy
#9 Posted : Friday, April 24, 2009 4:41:00 PM
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Not getting tested is what is causing the matters worse. This is because of ignorance we have especially in third world countires.

Get tested and be safe. With the current 31% positive results in adults between 21-45 years,knowing you are safe will keep you even safer. It is bad... 3-4 out of 10 sexually active adults in Kenya are HIV positive. Get tested and be safe.


I try everything in the world to make ends meet. Cheers
StartingOver
#10 Posted : Friday, April 24, 2009 7:04:00 PM
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Just confirmed am positive. I knew it for some time because my husband died of it about 4 years ago. I am now on antietrovirals (in the USA) and hope to come to kenya soon. I Hope I can get good care down there. Any one with information/contacts please share. I must say I am born again and I have the peace of God; I am not bitter though I have only been in one relationship and then this. That we leave to God. I am a happy girl in the Lord.

For me testing was not a challenge; the challenge was getting my 11 year old tested since she came from the same relationship. Thank God she is OK.

God bless you all ].



Thank you.



Thank you.
Obi 1 Kanobi
#11 Posted : Friday, April 24, 2009 7:34:00 PM
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@Startingover.

Thats some fantastic attitude you got there. Keep it up and you will live and enjoy your full life


I guess if you can't win with facts,you can always pen bile-laced,xenophobic rants to distract everyone.
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simonkabz
#12 Posted : Friday, April 24, 2009 9:07:00 PM
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@SO,thats a lovely att u have there,live life,go gal go!

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JkMwatha
#13 Posted : Tuesday, May 26, 2009 5:39:00 PM
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Telling others of your status.... Good or Bad?

Disadvantages (mainly)


discrimination (stigma)
subtle rejection in social scene

Both lead to self-isolation.

Advantages


you get support dealing with health and emotions

An example of 2 Kenyans (X & Y) who may be living with hiv (in UK). Both possibly on treatment.

X has made her status known and now is rarely seen in Kenyan social scenes.

Y has always denied being HIV+ (although there is compelling evidence to suggest otherwise). She continues to socialise with other Kenyan & always seems happy.

Remeber that once you tell people that you are HIV+,they dont forget!

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In my opinion,if people are advised not to announce their status (if +ve),they are more likely to go and get tested.

Does this sound reasonable?



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Mantis
#14 Posted : Wednesday, June 03, 2009 6:38:00 PM
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juliani
#15 Posted : Thursday, June 04, 2009 4:55:00 AM
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@starting over
Take heart sista...Positive living is the rule of thumb..You can still be around for 30-40 years...methinks that is worth fighting for..average life expectancy here is 45 yrs..u can still outlive us..Hope your 11 yr old angel is ok..God bless you

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AlphDoti
#16 Posted : Thursday, June 04, 2009 5:28:00 AM
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Be discipline.
For men,discipline yourself. Restrain from thinking that you must have every skirt wearer you see.
There will always be an attractive woman.
But make conscious decision to be contented with your woman.
If one is not enough for you (we know there could be a reason why you need more),please select another one.
But take responsibility. Make it formal. Maintain her.



For women,maintain chastity. Respect yourself.
Don't be flattered by every Dick or Tom or whoever.
Men will always try you. Please remember that God expect you to always be pure.
Being 'entered' by any other man not your husband is disgrace to womanhood. You throw away your piety.



Otherwise,there's no other way to control this pandemic.
If we continue the current lifestyle,with loose moral and self-respect,
then we will only stop when we realize that we are all infected or affected.
Only children (they are lucky) will remain.
reithi
#17 Posted : Thursday, June 04, 2009 6:02:00 AM
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@ Startingover

I salute you for coming out openly and graciously.

reithi
reithi
#18 Posted : Thursday, June 04, 2009 6:11:00 AM
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@ Startingover

I salute you for coming out openly and graciously.

reithi
reithi
#19 Posted : Thursday, June 04, 2009 6:22:00 AM
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@ Startingover

I salute you for coming out openly and graciously.

reithi
AlphDoti
#20 Posted : Thursday, June 04, 2009 8:01:00 AM
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Our time is rotten so much that you can't even trust.

If as a man you can't be trusted even by your own brothers,inlaws etc.

How can you expect to have a wife/girl that respects herself in front of your inlaws or workmate or boss or driver?



How many people dirtify their families?

Some have given birth to children with brothers of her husband!

When we condem this,we are looked at as backward or primitive.


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