Equip the youth with right tools to end Aids epidemic
Peer educators compete in inflating condoms during a 'condom Olympics' presided over by self declared 'Africa King of Condoms', Stanley Ngara, during the World Aids Day commemoration at Kenyatta University in Nairobi on December 01, 2021.
HIV/Aids is a serious global public health concern, having claimed 36.3 million lives to date.
Being HIV-positive is not the end of life; neither is it something to be ashamed of.
WhatsApp messages have been going round of some young University of Nairobi students intentionally infecting other people with HIV/Aids, claiming that they will not suffer alone. With official figures showing the demographic with the highest percentage of people living with HIV being adolescents and youth, this is worrying.
HIV/Aids is a serious global public health concern, having claimed 36.3 million lives to date. According to 2020 reports, 680,000 people died of HIV-related causes and 1.5 were newly infected with the disease. Some 133,455 adolescents are reportedly living with HIV in Kenya, with 18,004 new infections and 2,797 deaths annually among the demographic.
