ICROSS HIV/AIDS in Bondo - Kenya (2)

300 people die of HIV/AIDS related cases daily in Kenya.

The HIV/AIDS pandemic in Kenya has great socio-economic effects. The government declared AIDS a National disaster in 1999. Since then AIDS has been streamlined into all government Ministries due to the multi-sectoral of its effects. Nationally, HIV prevalence rate now for adults stands at 6.1%. Women of age 15-49 are 740,000. Children with HIV/AIDS are 150,000 and the number of AIDS orphans (age 0-17 years) stands at 1,100,000.

Each month in Kenya, over 3,000 babies are born to HIV-positive mothers. Kenya’s health system is ill-equipped for prevention, diagnosis and treatment of HIV/AIDS related diseases.

Bondo and Siaya are large districts in Nyanza on the edge of Lake Victoria with a total area of 2507km2. They are densely populated with small farm holdings that provide only a subsistence existence; consequently 61% of people live below the poverty line.

 

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