KENYA

Kenya has a severe, generalized HIV epidemic, but in recent years the country has experienced a notable decline in HIV prevalence attributed in part to significant behavioral change and increased access to ART.

National adult HIV prevalence is estimated to have fallen from 10 percent in the late 1990s to about 6.3 percent in 2009, according to     

                                            UNAIDS.

Women face considerably higher risk of HIV infection than men and also experience a shorter life expectancy due to HIV/AIDS. The 7th edition of AIDS in Kenya reports an HIV prevalence rate of 8 percent in adult women and 4 percent in adult men.

Populations most at risk include injecting drug users and commercial sex workers, whose prevalence rates are estimated at 53 percent and 27 percent respectively. The country is currently home to an estimated 1.2 million children orphaned by AIDS.

With support from the US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) and the United States Government team in country, the HIV/AIDS Twinning Center currently manages one partnership in Kenya.

(source: CIA World Factbook, November 2011)

Updated November 14, 2011