Impact of COVID-19 on HIV/AIDS Programming in Kenya:

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dc.contributor.authorMuhula, Samuel
dc.contributor.authorNgugi, Dr. Catherine
dc.contributor.authorOpanga, Yvonne
dc.contributor.authorNgunu, Dr. Caroline
dc.contributor.authorCarter, Dr. Jane
dc.contributor.authorOramisi, Dr. Violet
dc.contributor.authorMarita, Enock
dc.contributor.authorMemiah, Dr. Peter
dc.contributor.authorOsur, Prof. Joachim
dc.date.accessioned2023-06-21T13:46:11Z
dc.date.available2023-06-21T13:46:11Z
dc.date.issued2020-11-11
dc.descriptionKenya has witnessed tremendous progress over the last decade in reducing the annual number of new HIV infection and AIDS-related deaths, resulting in improved quality of life for PLHIV and reduced risk of infection • 79.5% of PLHIV in the country are aware of their HIV status; 96% are on life saving treatment and 90.6% of those on life saving treatment had achieved viral load suppression (KEPHIA, 2018) • In addition, Kenya has been a huge prevention success story in the region. • One of the first to approve the use of PrEP and has led the way in providing prevention measures such as VMMC • As a result, new infections have fallen drastically in recent years On 13th March, Kenya reported the first case of COVID-19 • As of Oct 29th 2020, there were 51,851 cases, 934 (2%) deaths and 35,258 (68%) recoveries in the Country • The world had recorded about 44.7M COVID-19 cases, 1,179,232 (3%) deaths and 32M (73%) recoveries as of Oct 29th 2020 • To date, there is limited data on exact effect of COVID-19 coinfection on PLHIVs • Studies have shown that people with pre-existing conditions who contract COVID-19 are at higher risk of disease progression including death, though not much is known about the relationship between COVID-19 and HIV/AIDS • It is also not clear whether Kenya had recorded spikes in Respiratory Tract Infections (RTIs) before the outbreak was confirmed in March 2020.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://repository.amref.ac.ke/handle/20.500.14173/844
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.titleImpact of COVID-19 on HIV/AIDS Programming in Kenya:en_US
dc.title.alternativeEvidence from Kibera Informal Settlement and COVID-19 hotspot countiesen_US

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