Biography

Maina is a public health practitioner and committed human rights advocate with the Kenya Red Cross Society, under the Global Fund HIV grant. He champions a holistic approach to human rights, addressing legal, social, and health-related barriers faced by people affected by TB and HIV. Through the training and deployment of TB champions as paralegals, he promotes access to dignity, justice, and stigma-free services for TB and TB/HIV affected communities in their diversity.

Expertise

TB Diagnostics
Public Health

Key Impacts

From silence to strength: How TB-affected communities in Kenya are accessing justice through paralegal TB champions

Empowering TB champions as Community Paralegals is a powerful community-led model that integrates legal empowerment into TB programming. Their dual role as both advocates and peers uniquely positions them to address barriers in access to care and justice.

Source: Conference 2024