Ann Mikia

Changing Kenyan Attitudes about HIV/AIDS One Radio Show at a Time - standing up for human rights

Since she started producing her weekly radio program, "A Stitch in Time" in 2004, Ann Mikia has covered a number of HIV/AIDS issues in-depth that had never been covered before or covered only superficially on Kenyan radio. Mikia became interested in reporting on HIV/AIDS when she was in college and became aware of how much stigma there was surrounding people who were infected. Since 2006, she has been sharing her knowledge with other journalists in her role as a Specialist Radio Trainer for Internews.

"I remember once when a studio operator started recording and then took off in the middle of the interview on realizing that the person I was interviewing was HIV positive", Mikia says. "Most of my colleagues keep on asking me whether I am HIV positive because of my interest in producing this program." In 2004, Mikia won a prestigious award for the best HIV/AIDS radio program in Africa.

Standing up for the principles of the Universal Declaration
Article 25 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights affirms that everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself and of his family, including medical care and necessary social services and the right to security in the event of unemployment, sickness, disability, widowhood or old age.

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