Kenya launches an ambitious HIV prevention road map

published on August 21, 2014 in UNAIDS

The Government of Kenya launched its new Kenya HIV Prevention Revolution Road Map on 20 August. The road map, developed by the Ministry of Health, through the leadership of the National AIDS Control Council and the National AIDS and STI Control Programme, with support from cross-sector and international partners, presents new strategic, programmatic and financial approaches to achieving zero new HIV infections in Kenya.

In 2013, an estimated 1.6 million people were living with HIV in Kenya, and 92 000 fewer AIDS-related deaths were recorded in 2013 than in 2005. Although annual new HIV infections declined by 20 000 between 2005 and 2013, an estimated 100 000 new HIV infections occurred in Kenya in 2013.

Comprised of evidence-based and strategic guidelines for investment at the county level, the road map aims to assist coordinated, targeted and high-impact campaigns to reduce the number of new HIV infections in Kenya. Outlining ambitious and actionable targets, it paves the way for Kenya to move from a specific nationwide AIDS response to a more comprehensive and population-based approach that packages biomedical, behavioural and structural HIV programmes targeting various populations at higher risk.

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