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By Dorcas Wangira Africa health correspondent, BBC News, Nairobi Four women living with HIV in Kenya have each been awarded $20,000 (£16,000) in damages for being sterilised without their informed consent. They have spoken to the BBC about their experiences. The women fought a nine-year legal battle – and their names have been changed to protect their identities, which were ...

Image caption, The ARVs were used to treat African swine fever By Dorcas Wangira Africa health correspondent, BBC News  Uganda’s National Drug Authority has admitted it knew HIV medicine was being used to fatten up animals in 2014 but did not warn the public.  The regulator’s senior drugs inspector Amos Atumanya told parliament it became aware anti-retrovirals were being given to ...