Allan Maleche, interview, Nairobi, Kenya, 2022

Allan Maleche, Nairobi, Kenya, 2022 April 29, oral history interview, by Maylis Basturk, Los Angeles, California, USA. The inteview was conducted over the Internet (Zoom) as part of the Health and Human Rights Oral History Project, Institute on Inequalities in Global Health, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA.Allan Maleche is an advocate of the high court of Kenya and a human rights defender with over fifteen years of experience in law, ethics, governance, policy, health and rights, including eight years managing rights-based programs that protect affected, marginalized, and vulnerable populations. In this oral history interview, he recounts landmark cases pertaining to the unlawful incarceration of tuberculosis patients and the forced sterilization of women, as well as his broader work to advance HIV-related human rights in Kenya and his multiple roles held with The Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. Maleche is currently Executive Director of Kenya Ethical & Legal Issues Network on HIV & AIDS (KELIN). He sits on and co-chairs the UNAIDS Human Rights Reference Group on HIV and Human Rights and is a member of the International Advisory Board for the Global Health Centre.