HIV infections Stories
Deputy Governor Josphat Chirema Kombo urged residents, particularly the youth, to make HIV testing a routine part of their health care, saying early k...
Turkana County leaders used World AIDS Day in Lodwar to warn of rising HIV infections and deaths, unveil new highway health outreach, and urge shared...
German researchers have discovered an antibody that is extremely effective against HIV, at least in the laboratory. Could it be a new weapon against A...
The Tribunal had earlier found that KDF officers subjected him to HIV testing without consent, failed to provide mandatory pre- and post-test counsell...
Lenacapavir is administered as a six-monthly injection, starting with a subcutaneous initiation dose, supported by tablets on days one and two.
Several southern African countries started their national circumcision programmes to prevent HIV in 2010. As of 2023, 37 million voluntary medical mal...
The dialogue ended with a unanimous call for a coordinated, multi-sectoral approach to tackle the root causes of HIV, adolescent pregnancies, and gend...
According to the report, 20,105 adults were newly infected with HIV last year, a sharp rise from the 3,353 cases recorded in 2023.
In total, Kenya now has an estimated 1,326,419 people living with HIV, comprising 867,571 females and 458,848 males.
Lenacapavir is the first long-acting injectable HIV prevention drug that requires administration only twice a year. It offers a highly effective and c...
Wajir County executive committee member for health and sanitation, Habiba Ali, highlighted the increasing cases of HIV that she said needed a more uni...
Kenya’s HIV programme has long relied on USAID support, but with the healthcare system under immense strain, the government maintains that existing st...
The same report indicates that 3,743 new HIV infections were recorded among children under the age of four during this period.
Much progress has been made during the 30 years in the fight against HIV/Aids. An HIV diagnosis is no longer the death sentence it was in the 1990s.
Despite this progress, experts warn that the current rates are still too high.
Women regularly interact with health services, especially during pregnancy, where they get tested for HIV. Men, on the other hand, usually wait until...
Health CS Deborah Barasa has said new HIV cases have fallen to 16,752 in 2023, down from 101,560 in 2013.
One main problem is the reluctance of some mothers to disclose their HIV status to their partners.
Data from the county shows that the majority of the new infections are among individuals aged 15 to 24—young people in a critical stage of exploring r...
