New survey identifies HIV hotspots in Nairobi

Prostitutes in Embakasi, Lang’ata and Dagoretti recorded the highest HIV infections

Prostitutes in Embakasi, Lang’ata and Dagoretti, in that order, have recorded the highest HIV infections in Nairobi in a recent testing campaign. The test results, first publicly presented at this week’s HIV conference in Paris, France, shows the three to lead in HIV infections among prostitutes in the nine sub-counties of Nairobi.

Caroline Ngunu-Gituathi of the Nairobi County Government said despite having the highest number of prostitutes in Kenya only about 11 per cent had been tested before this exercise. Her data shows there are 29,494 female prostitutes in Nairobi, 11,042 male prostitutes and 6,216 drug injectors with HIV prevalence of 29.3 per cent, 18.2 per cent and 18.3 per cent respectively.