Kenya seems to have taken the right strategies to battle its HIV epidemics. Its 15-year-long war against the killer disease is showing result — from a high of about 14 per cent in the mid-1990s the state’s AIDS prevalence has plummeted to a considerable low of 5.9 percent.
Although, the provision of ARV treatment to children is claimed to be remaining extremely low still, this fall in the AIDS cases in the remotest parts of the state, shows right strategies and sincere efforts know no boundaries.
This trend of the falling disease-cases below 6 per cent seems to definitely help Kenya meet its target of Aids prevalence reduction to 5.5 per cent by 2010.
Thanks to the state-run National Aids Control Council for all its assistances. The fall in prevalence reveals the increasing acceptability of prevention strategies. The widespread use of anti-retroviral drugs (ARVs) as well as greater use of condoms has contributed towards the reduction of the disease.
More responsible sex habits leading to the state’s successful reduction in AIDS cases has created a paradigm in its own rights for other parts of the world, especially the HIV-stricken remotest parts of the developing regions.
