He is an AIDS orphan. Home Care, a program of care for people living with HIV who was born in 1992 from the Catholic Diocese of
He is an AIDS orphan. Home Care, a program of care for people living with HIV who was born in 1992 from the Catholic Diocese of Kitui, is treating him and his family since his father died in 1993. The campaign to deliver cheap anti-retroviral drugs to HIV patients in Africa is at last making progress. But the therapy can actually make matters worse if those being treated do not have enough to eat In the drought-stricken regions of northern Kenya, some people face a stark choice: they either eat or risk being struck down by an Aids-related illness. “People know that HIV will kill them in months, but hunger might kill them by the end of the week,” said Dr John Mundi Amolo as he makes his tour of the HIV and Aids patients admitted to Mutomo Hospital. “If someone has only 50 bob [35p], then they would rather buy food than get drugs for their HIV. They have no choice.”
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