KENYA: Selling beer and HIV education in Nairobi's slums

NAIROBI Wednesday, November 05, 2008 (IRIN) - In one of the many backyard taverns selling chang'aa (illicit brew) in the Korogocho informal settlement of Nairobi, the Kenyan capital, two women desperately try to get patrons to listen to their lecture about HIV; many are too drunk to care, but others are more attentive. "To the young men here, it is important to use a condom if you want to engage in sex. I am HIV-positive and I knew my status by going to a VCT [voluntary counselling and testing...