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As mother to child HIV infections drop, Kenya shift to new gear

HIV positive parents Walter Odero and Evelyn Akoth with their child in Kanyasa Village, in Homa Bay County. Their three children are all tested negative for the virus [Jeckonia Otieno, Standard]

Walter Odero lost his first wife in 2007 and married his second wife Evelyn Akoth in 2008; both are HIV positive but have three children – all negative.

They have refused to focus on who brought the disease or who did not but rather on bringing up children who are HIV negative.

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