HIV/AIDS on the rise in young people in Kenya

Samuel Siringi

Although the general rate of new infections with HIV and deaths from AIDS has been falling in Africa because of improvements in awareness and use of antiretroviral medicines, reports that people age 15—24 years are at higher risk of contracting the virus are causing concern among HIV/AIDS campaigners and governments. African countries might be facing a new chapter in the HIV/AIDS crisis originating in unsafe sexual practices among younger age groups.

The Kenya AIDS Indicator Survey 2007 (published ...

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