New HIV infections, deaths increase in Kenya – study
For the last decade, Kenya has recorded a steady rise in HIV cases and in 2021 the infections hit 34,540, an increase of 7.3 per cent. This is according to the World Aids Day report 2022 report dubbed, it is a race against time by the National Syndemic Disease Control Council released on December 1, […]
Use of condoms on the decline in Kenya – Aids control council
The number of people using condoms in the country have declined over the past few years, the National Aids Control Council has revealed. According to Caroline Kinoti, an officer at the council, the recent survey indicated that only 45 per cent of men are using condoms. She also said that only 40 per cent of […]
Billy Porter: Pose actor says he’s been living with HIV for 14 years
Billy Porter has revealed that he has been living with HIV for the last 14 years.
What the discovery of a new HIV strain means
The discovery of a rare new strain of HIV for the first time in nearly 20 years recently made headlines around the world. The big question is what the discovery means for the overall response to the HIV epidemic. A team of US researchers from Abbott, an American medical devices and health care company, led […]
HIV prevalence twice as high among women, Kisii and Turkana counties at risk
Kenya’s National HIV Survey shows more women are living with HIV compared to men but says women more likely to know their status than men.
‘King of Condoms’ gets to work on World Aids Day
The UN says that around 1.6 million Kenyans were living with HIV in 2018 and 25,000 people died from Aids-related illnesses.