Kenya ramps up efforts to curb HIV infections among youth

Currently, 1.2 million people living with HIV/AIDS are under ARTs, while 200,000 others - mostly children - are not. [File, Standard]

Kenyan Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua said on Monday that the government is ramping up efforts to contain the rising new HIV infections among adolescents and young adults.

Gachagua, who received Joint United Nations Program on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS) Executive Director Winnie Byanyima in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi, said the government has roped in local administrators, lawmakers and other interest groups in fighting triple threats facing adolescents and teenagers.