Citation

Reid T, van Engelgem I, Telfer B, Manzi M. Confl. Health 2008; 2(1): 15.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2008, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group - BMC)

DOI

10.1186/1752-1505-2-15

PMID

19055803

PMCID

PMC2634762

Abstract

Kenya's post-election violence in early 2008 created considerable problems for health services, and in particular, those providing HIV care. It was feared that the disruptions in services would lead to widespread treatment interruption. MSF had been working in the Kibera slum for 10 years and was providing antiretroviral therapy to almost 2000 patients when the violence broke out. MSF responded to the crisis in a number of ways and managed to keep HIV services going. Treatment interruption was less than expected, and MSF profited by a number of"lessons learned"that could be applied to similar contexts where a stable situation suddenly deteriorates.

Language: en