Linda Muthama and Nyambane Go To Jail

Linda Muthama

…to encourage HIV testing and counselling among Prison staff. Walter Mong’are andLinda Muthama joined the Aids Control Unit (ACU) of Kenya Prison Services on a mission to visit all prisons Staff quarters countrywide and promote awareness of HIV status. The goal is to bring testing and counseling closer to the staff in the comfort of their homes as it gives families an opportunity to get to know their HIV status together. This also eliminates anxiety when it comes to disclosure. Testing and counseling is being done by The International Medical Corps.

Nyambane and Linda have been undertaking HIV activations across the country and especially in Institutions of Higher Learning, highly populated areas and the most recent and successful campaign was together with USAID and the Ministry of Health and Sanitation during world cup where the campaign managed to get 1.2 million men tested with 4 weeks of the campaign.