By Joyce Mulama NAIROBI, Jun. 2, 2006 (IPS/GIN) -- Anti-retroviral medications keep Kenyan wa Kimani alive in more ways than one. "ARVs can change things, but they do not change my socio- economic status.

While the World Trade Organization (WTO) meeting in Hong Kong this week may hold promises of more free trade and a better livelihood for mainstream society, for some, it is a matter of life and death.

NAIROBI, Jul. 26, 2005 (IPS/GIN) -- For those Kenyans who have contracted HIV, getting access to anti-retroviral drugs (ARVs) is seldom an easy matter. In the case of children, however, the situation is even more problematic.