KENYA: Where only HIV-positive people get beyond the velvet rope

NAIROBI Monday, December 01, 2008 (IRIN) - The party at a popular restaurant in Nairobi, the Kenyan capital, looks ordinary, but the people attending it - all of whom are HIV-positive - are enjoying a rare opportunity to socialise without feeling like an outsider. The young men and women spent the afternoon relaxing and getting to know each other; by the end of the evening new friends had been made, phone numbers exchanged and there were plans to meet again. "It makes life much easier when...