I EMPOWER BAR HOSTESSES AND HELP THEM KNOW THEIR RIGHTS bhesp Blogs Comments Off on I EMPOWER BAR HOSTESSES AND HELP THEM KNOW THEIR RIGHTS Peninah mwangi is the executive director of the Bar Hostesses Empowerment and Support Programme I studied sociology and literature at […] Read more
The new face of HIV prevention bhesp Blogs Comments Off on The new face of HIV prevention Pre-exposure prophylactics, also known as PrEP, are drugs that can prevent one from being infected with HIV. With their rollout […] Read more
Estimating the size of the female Sex Worker Population in Kenya to inform HIV Prevention Programming bhesp Blogs Comments Off on Estimating the size of the female Sex Worker Population in Kenya to inform HIV Prevention Programming The high burden of HIV infections among female sex workers (FSW) in sub-Saharan Africa has been long recognized, but effective […] Read more
BHESP Trains Peer Educators on Mapping and Size Estimation to better plan HIV prevention interventions bhesp Blogs Comments Off on BHESP Trains Peer Educators on Mapping and Size Estimation to better plan HIV prevention interventions Bar Hostess Empowerment and Support Programme (BHESP) has trained 150 peer educators on key populations size estimation and mapping in […] Read more
BHESP marks International Women’s Day calling for scale-up of PrEP use among women and girls bhesp Blogs Comments Off on BHESP marks International Women’s Day calling for scale-up of PrEP use among women and girls Hundreds of women gathered at the Huruma Grounds to witness a women football tournament organized by Bar Hostess Empowerment and […] Read more
Puzzle of unsolved murders of sex workers in Nairobi bhesp Blogs Comments Off on Puzzle of unsolved murders of sex workers in Nairobi KOINANGE STREET It had taken her colleagues a whole morning to figure out that she had died. The last one […] Read more
BHESP advocacy team sweep Dandora police station clean bhesp Blogs Comments Off on BHESP advocacy team sweep Dandora police station clean Bar Hostess Empowerment and Support Programme (BHESP) Advocacy team led a group of paralegals and peer educators to clean Dandora […] Read more
BHESP utilizes Color Purple Concert to promote PrEP use among young women bhesp Blogs Comments Off on BHESP utilizes Color Purple Concert to promote PrEP use among young women A total of 221 adolescents girls and young women were reached with HIV prevention messages at BHESP’s exhibition at the […] Read more
LIVING POSITIVE: JANET’S STORY bhesp Blogs Comments Off on LIVING POSITIVE: JANET’S STORY Learning that you are HIV positive can be the most difficult experience one can go through in life. You may […] Read more
AGYW urged to use PrEP in fight against spread of HIV bhesp Blogs Comments Off on AGYW urged to use PrEP in fight against spread of HIV Young girls have been urged to consistently and correctly use and adhere to their Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP} drugs in order […] Read more