Charity’s life took an unexpected turn when she was taken from her village to Abuja, Nigeria’s bustling capital, by a relative who promised her a better life. However, upon arrival, those promises crumbled into a harsh reality. Charity was forced to work as a waiter and sex worker in the restaurant and guest house owned by her relative. Her life was fraught with exploitation and abuse.
MHRP and partners across four continents recently launched a new collaborative HIV cure research initiative called DELIVER, or Developing Leadership and Innovation in Viral Eradication Research.
MHRP, the KEMRI/Walter Reed Project, and local stakeholders have opened three community posts in outlying areas of Kericho, Kenya, to provide accessible, decentralized HIV prevention, care and treatment services under the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR).
As countries progress towards meeting UNAIDS 95-95-95 targets for HIV diagnosis, treatment and viral suppression, PEPFAR service implementers are approaching the “last mile” of identifying missing cases and new infections in the most hard-to-reach populations. MHRP’s PEPFAR implementing partners in Kenya’s South Rift Valley (SRV) led the country in identifying individuals living with HIV and getting them on treatment, according to 2023 4th quarter performance data.
