Join stakeholders under the umbrella of the Nairobi Strategy on TB and Human Rights in demanding more from the UN High-Level Meeting on TB by signing a petition.

On 25 June 2018, the Kenya National TB, Leprosy and Lung Disease Program (NLTP) launched the TB isolation policy as a result of over seven years of litigation, advocacy and follow up by people with TB, affected communities, civil society organisations, and human rights lawyers.

In March, The Kenyan High Court declared that the practice of confining TB patients in prisons for purposes of treatment is unlawful, unconstitutional and a violation of the fundamental human right to movement, dignity and security. The court ordered an immediate stop to this practice.

March 24, 2016 - The High Court has in a judgment delivered today declared that the practice of confining TB patients in prisons for purposes of treatment is unlawful and unconstitutional. Justice Mumbi Ngugi ruled that imprisonment of TB patients is unlawful, unconstitutional and a violation of their fundamental human rights to movement, dignity and security.  The court has ordered an immediate stop to this practice.

Click here to watch a video produced by the Kenya Legal and Ethical Issues Network on HIV and AIDS (KELIN).

Kenya is celebrating after a landmark judgment on Friday <20 April> ruled that sections of the Anti-Counterfeit Act 2008 will not apply to generic medicines – protecting access to affordable treatment.