Kathmandu Post – 9 Nov 2009 Cell phones help positive living By Kamal Raj Sigdel, from Nepal, who attended a TRF ‘Reporting HIV/Aids’ course in Nairobi. This article was published on the front page of the Kathmandu Post NAIROBI, NOV 09 – George Mburu’s cell phone beeps on Sunday at his home in Nairobi’s Majengo slum. He reads a message reminding him to take his medicine. Mburu, 32, is one of 500 HIV-positive patients in Nairobi who receive an SMS every Sunday from the HAART Cell Phone Study Centre, a government initiative experimenting with cell phones in the treatment and [...]

The Standard – 8 Aug 2009 AIDS Patients now Bet Big on E-Medication Published on 08/08/2009 By Erick Wamanji Peter ole Kampus (real name withheld on request) stops to read a text message from his cell phone. The one-word message is coded but he understands what it means. It reminds him to take his antiretroviral drugs and he rushes back to the house for the medicine. Telemedicine — this is how HIV/Aids is being tackled in Kajiado, 150km from Nairobi. “Sometimes I forget the drugs and the SMS reminds me. This way, I keep the prescription schedule,” Kampus explains. Perhaps, [...]