Cervical cancer is a major public health concern in Kenya. It is the second most common cancer in women but the leading cause of cancer deaths. Yet, it is a totally preventable, through vaccination against the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) that causes it and through screening women for and treating pre-cancer lesions that lead to […]

The ICPD conference in 1994 in Cairo made very bold commitments towards improving sexual reproductive health and rights for all, addressing negative gender norms and realizing gender equality. The commitments put people of all diversities at the centre of development. We believe that achievement of sustainable development goals cannot happen without achieving ICPD goals. Twenty […]

’Yes, I said it. I’m HIV positive. I was born with it I had no choice. You, my friends have a choice, Chagua PrEP’’ encouraged a peer educator from Mount Kenya University during a roadshow to create awareness and demand on PrEP in Kiambu County.  Youth contribute to a third of new HIV infections in […]

Human rights are norms that describe standards of human behavior and are protected as natural and legal rights by law. They are those rights that every human being possesses and is entitled to enjoy simply by virtue of being human. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights is the common standard of achievement for all peoples and […]

Sexual harassment is a form of discrimination and a human rights violation. It is intentional, insensitive and is meant to make the victim more powerless and lower the victim’s dignity. This is because it involves power play whereby the perpetrator uses sexuality as a tool of power and domination. Sexual harassment at the workplace is […]

Nairobi, 29 November 2019 – LVCT Health welcomes the appointment of Dr. Lilian Otiso as its new Executive Director. Dr. Otiso has more than 14 years of experience in clinical, research and programming. The LVCT Health Board of Directors chair, Eng. Patrick Obath, appointed Dr. Otiso as the organization Executive Director and the Board’s secretary […]

On 26-11-19, LVCT Health was privileged to host the UNAIDS Executive Director, Winnie Byanyima at our DREAMS site in Kiandutu, Kiambu County. Winnie interacted with the dream girls and encouraged them to be optimistic despite the many challenges they have faced. She asked them to embrace DREAMS as their second chance in life. Also present […]

At the Sexual Violence Research Initiative (SVRI) Forum, a group of outstanding and passionate women helped me gain a deeper understanding of what it could look like to leave no woman behind in development policy and programmes. As women with disabilities claimed space to exercise agency and overcome exclusion, they took me on a journey that made power […]

As a young wife with two children Peacock never imagined a life without her husband. When she got pregnant at 15 years of age. He took responsibility. “I moved in with him and he became my husband. Five years later we welcomed our second baby, a baby girl,” recalls Peacock. They were doing well and […]

After high school, Lencer did not have much of a plan. She had done well in her exams, but her results were not good enough for the competitive government-sponsorship she required to attend university. This, coupled with the fact that she also had younger siblings meant that Lencer’s educational journey halted prematurely. Lencer idled around […]