A 4.3 billion shillings program to conduct door to door HIV testing in western Kenya starts this Friday. This comes as government signed a new deal with an international drug firm that will see the price of malarial drugs- Cortem fall from 300 shillings to 40 shillings. The deal will ensure that the drug is subsidized to make it accessible to the majority of Kenyans, most of whom can not afford the 300 shillings price.
Nyasa Times "Minister of Women and Child Development Kate Kainja-Kaluluma has passed away in United Kingdom. “Indeed Hon Kate Kainja Kaluluma has died,” confirmed family friends in London. The 57-year-old minister was admitted to a North England hospital – York Hospital. Diplomatic sources at Malawi High Commission in London have said arrangements are being made to send her remains to Malawi. Kainja who was Dedza South West Constituency parliamentarian flew to United Kingdom for medical attention after a long-illness. She is survived by a husband, Emanuel Kaluluma and three children."