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JOURNEY THROUGH HIV INFECTION PREVENTION AND CONTROL TO ACHIEVE

UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE.


Authors; milliam.N,peter .O,Brenda .W,Winnie .K,Nyameino.D,kepha .A
Introduction. Progress made in reducing new HIV infection as
Approximately 36.7 million people were living
a result.
with HIV worldwide as at 2017, 24 million in
Africa, 19 million in Sub Sahara Africa, 1.5 million
Intervention area
in Kenya ( 5.9% down from 10.5. UNAIDS 2017).
• Policy intervention
Methods: Progress
A retrospective study of stages involved in HIV • Kenya AIDS strategic frame work. Kenya HIV
epidemic prevention and treatment since 1984. prevention revolution roadmap
The interventions taken to stop HIV transmission • Kenya fast track plan to end HIV and AIDS
among populations and the general public using amongst adolescent and young people.
HIV testing and counselling as a major feature of • The Kenya HIV testing
Kenya’s HIV response. Preventive programs like
condom use, HIV education and awareness,
prevention of mother to child transmission, Conclusion.
voluntary medical male circumcision and pre HIV voluntary Counselling and HIV burden to the economy was overwhelming.
exposure prophylaxis were employed
15
Testing Opportunistic infections caused massive mortality and
morbidity to PLWHIV. The government in collaboration
Results: 9.9 10
10 7.9 with partners has Interventions to curb new infections;
In 1983 during the first HIV infection case in 7.6
Various prophylactic measures, integration of basic HIk8V
Kenya the treatment was not available to 5
4.1
education in school curriculum, introduction of Self
common citizen.in 1995 Kenyan government
testing, continuous advocacy and awareness campaigns,
hospital ware able to offer ARVS with no cost 0
2012 2013 2014 2015 2017 building capacity at the county level, partnership and use
preventing disease progression, maternal baby
of Antiretroviral therapy is a success story, controlling viral
prophylaxis was available preventing unborn Million
replication thus lowering new transmissions.
baby getting infection .
Acknowledgement; Ministry of health kisii county government, Care kenya,lvct,University of Mary land Baltimore
Impact research development organization.REF;HIVST package, Kenya AIDS response progress report 2016.

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