East Africa Treatment Action Movement (EATAM), Aids and Rights Alliance of Southern Africa (ARASA) and Kenya Legal and Ethical Issues in HIV (KELIN) held a press conference and demonstration demanding the government of Kenya allocate more funds for health. Commitments were announced to push for expediting the creation of the National Health Insurance fund along with special attention to health spending for the next parliamentarian session on budget allocation. In support of the Third Voluntary Global Fund Replenishment Meeting held on the October 4 and 5 in New York City, at which governments and donors signaled their financial commitment towards the Global Fund for the next three years, there were several public demonstrations, press conferences and other actions organized in more than 10 countries across Africa on September 28.
With continued focus on country-level work for this month, EATAM called for justice for TB patients in Kenya who were sentenced to eight-month imprisonment for non-adherence to TB treatment. The discussion was brought up on ITPC listserv in August. Go to
http://itpcnewsletter.blogspot.com/2010/09/itpc-summary-listserv-august-september.html for full details of the case.
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