First fun day at Lumumba Adolescent/Youth Center

Last week, adolescents from Kisumu and Kakamega teamed up to celebrate Lumumba Health Centres’ Operation Triple Zero (OTZ) first fun day.

Home-based couples visits enhance prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV

The Jamii Bora (“better family”) study conducted at FACES sites developed and tested a home-based couples intervention program and found that it has potential to advance couple HIV testing and counseling and lead to better health outcomes.

Kicking off voluntary male medical circumcision campaign during school holidays

We just wrapped up the first week of our male circumcision campaign during the school holidays.

Action for World TB Day

FACES launching Community Health Initiative in Obunga

FACES completed a count and census all of the households in Obunga informal settlement in Kisumu County this past week!

STEP Story: Alicia Morehead-Gee

Internal Medicine Resident, UCSF Rabuor Hospital, February 2018

FACES teams share new research at annual CROI conference

This week, researchers from around the world are gathering at the annual Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI) in Boston to share research to help in the battle against HIV/AIDS and related diseases.

STEP Story: Olivier Veilleux

R3 Internal Medicine, McGill University Lumumba Sub County Hospital, January 15 – February 11, 2018

STEP Story: Samuel De l’Étoile-Morel

PGY-3 Internal Medicine, McGill University  Kisumu County Hospital, January 15 – February 11, 2018

Giving newborns an early start on HIV prevention!

Early Infant Male Circumcision (EIMC) launched at Kisumu County Referral Hospital (KCRH) in January. Our highly skilled circumcision team at KCRH, Lydia Onyango and Elizabeth Oitieno, have already conducted ten procedures.  This service also offers parents’ and family members the opportunity to be...