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New public health study findings have been reported from University of California

Published in AIDS Weekly, June 14th, 2010

New investigation results, 'Shamba Maisha: a pilot study assessing impacts of a micro-irrigation intervention on the health and economic wellbeing of HIV patients,' are detailed in a study published in Bmc Public Health. "HIV/AIDS negatively impacts poverty alleviation and food security, which reciprocally hinder the rapid scale up and effectiveness of HIV care programs. Nyanza province has the highest HIV prevalence (15.3%), and is the third highest contributor (2.4 million people) to rural poverty in Kenya," investigators in the United States report.

"Thus, we tested the feasibility of providing a micro-irrigation pump to HIV-positive farmers in order to...

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