Nairobi, Kenya – Recent studies show that food insecurity is a barrier to the optimal treatment of HIV because some people forego crucial medication for fear of the side effects they experience when taking the drugs on an empty stomach. The problem is especially acute among people living in poverty – like the residents of Kibera, Kenya's biggest slum.
On the southern outskirts of Nairobi, Kibera is the largest informal settlement in East Africa and has an estimated HIV prevalence of 12 percent.
