World Aids Day Stories

Youth still hardest hit by new HIV infections as Kwale marks World AIDS Day
Farhiya Hussein  |  Dec 02, 2025

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 marks World AIDS Day with stark warning over rising HIV infections
Issa Hussein  |  Dec 01, 2025

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...

Global HIV response facing worst setback in decades, UNAIDS warns
UN News  |  Nov 26, 2025

The impact has been immediate and severe, especially in low- and middle-income countries highly affected by HIV.

Mombasa Road to temporarily close Sunday for World AIDS Day half-marathon
Lucy Mumbi  |  Nov 25, 2025

The stretch between Nyayo National Stadium Roundabout and Museum Hill Interchange will be off-limits from 6:00 am to 10:30 am. Motorists are urged to...

HIV/AIDS claimed the lives of over 2,600 children under 14 in Kenya last year - report
Lucy Mumbi  |  Dec 02, 2024

The same report indicates that 3,743 new HIV infections were recorded among children under the age of four during this period.

World AIDS Day: There’s hope for cure - where we stand now
The Conversation  |  Dec 01, 2024

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.

Several Nairobi roads to be closed temporarily for World Aids Day marathon
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Nov 28, 2024

The marathon will begin at Nyayo National Stadium and follow a route through some of Nairobi's busiest streets.

New HIV infections in Kenya drop by 83 per cent in 10 years
Lucy Mumbi  |  Oct 30, 2024

Health CS Deborah Barasa has said new HIV cases have fallen to 16,752 in 2023, down from 101,560 in 2013.

Kenya among first 10 nations to implement new HIV testing protocol
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  May 28, 2024

Kenya ranks seventh globally in terms of HIV prevalence with an estimated 1.4 million people living with HIV.

World AIDS Day celebrates communities working to end the disease
United Nations  |  Dec 01, 2023

Globally, 9.2 million people do not have access to treatment while 1,700 people die each day from HIV-related causes.

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