The Second Edition of the HIV & Adolescence Workshop features an inspiring program including cutting-edge invited lectures, motivating debates and discussions, break-out sessions, interactive Q&A sessions, poster discussions and more. Adolescents are developmentally at a difficult crossroad, which makes it challenging to attract and sustain adolescents’ focus on maintaining their health. Every effort must be […]

We are excited to present ‘Area 90‘ ; an LVCT Health’s Youth Program comic targeting adolescents and young people in Kenya. The comic aims to provide information on HIV and Sexual Reproductive Health (SRH) for behaviour change and improved understanding of HIV and SRH among adolescents and young people. The informative comic is based on real issues that the young people face in accessing […]

LVCT Health will join the Kenyan delegation #KENYAatAIDS2018 at the 22nd International AIDS Conference (IAS) in Amsterdam, Netherlands 23-27 July 2018. The International AIDS Conference is the largest conference on any global health issue in the world. The Conference was first convened during the peak of the AIDS epidemic in 1985, it continues to provide a unique […]

  Lesbians, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) community in Vihiga County have found safe spaces established by LVCT Health through the EJAF (Elton John AIDS Foundation) funded TOUCH plus project to be really useful. The innovative use of safe spaces within rural settings like Vihiga County in Kenya is providing security, identity and privacy to […]

34 year old Athmani Ezzad is a recovering heroin addict. After finishing primary education in 1997 in Kisumu County, Athmani dropped out of school due to peer influence and drug abuse behaviours he had picked up from his friends in his final years in primary school. Efforts by his parents to take him back to […]

Anne Atieno, a 24 year old girl married with two daughters and who currently lives in Kibagare was born to a large family of 13 children, 10 of whom are dead under unclear circumstances. She has a history of early marriage, abuse and dropped out of school in class 8 due to lack of school […]

It is a busy sunny morning at Kaliku dispensary, in Kitui County. Seated among the more than a dozen mothers and their children waiting to be served at the Maternal and Child Health (MCH) clinic is Mr. Nguli Mwengi, a 51 year old man who is carrying his 9 month old baby on his lap. […]

Six short videos describe how a Kenyan non-profit organization (LVCT Health) tackles one of Africa’s toughest missions: helping young women protect themselves against HIV. DECEMBER 15, 2017 – The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/15/health/hiv-prevention-africa-prep.html

A student at the University of Nairobi taking a HIV test at the LVCT Health tent on World AIDS Day World AIDS Day takes place on 1st December each year. It’s an opportunity for people worldwide to unite in the fight against HIV, to show support for people living with HIV, and to commemorate those […]

Adolescents group discussion during a breakout session hosted by LVCT Health at the Adolescent Health Symposium. The second adolescent symposium was held between the 22nd and 24th of November at the Safari Park Hotel in Nairobi. It brought together over 300 adolescents from different geographical locations, backgrounds, religions and without a question, a myriad and […]