One recurrent issue, in extremely poor countries, is the absences caused by girls not attending school during menstruation.

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Teresia and Peter are told how to read the test results, so that they are better able to accept them. When the small alarm clock signals an end to the 15 minutes, they gingerly pick up their tests and study them.

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Health care workers visit the homes of those taking part in this program every four months and gather data about the health and well-being of the families.

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Miriam is 32 years old and was at the Marura Village Dispensary in Laikipia District with her 3 month old son, Peter. She already has five girls at home and is struggling to keep them in school. Her eldest daughter will soon leave school, at age 13 years in order to train as a hairdresser.

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Jasinta lives with the knowledge that she has HIV. She was diagnosed in 2009 but kept it a secret, even from her husband. ‘I lived in stigma and denial’, she told me. The stigma of HIV is a big problem here in Kenya. Newly diagnosed patients find that their neighbours and friends turn away from them and their customers shun their businesses. It is a lonely life for many Kenyans with HIV

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