Children, young men at risk as HIV treatment fails

Chances that a child under three had uncontrolled HIV was nearly five times that in adults [Courtesy]

The first ever national HIV treatment assessment in Kenya shows high failure rates in children and adolescents. The report has got medical experts worried, especially because a lot of infections occur at young age. Ideally anti-HIV drugs called antiretrovirals (ARVs) should suppress the amount of viruses in the body, called viral load, (VL) to undetectable levels within six months of use.

However, an analysis of viral suppression in Kenya from 2012 to 2016 shows huge failures among children and young men.