New HIV infections now on the decline, 'but still below target'

NACC Deputy Director Policy Monitoring and Research John Kamigwi speaks to journalists during NACC joint AIDS end term review at Merica Hotel on April 25, 2019. [Harun Wathari/Standard]

National Aids Control Council has marked the rate of new HIV infection in counties as "significantly dropping" with 61 per cent reduction in HIV-related deaths among children.

The stakeholders, while meeting in Nakuru yesterday, noted that 19 counties had lately experienced a decrease in adults and adolescent new HIV infections while reduction in number of new child infections had reduced by 38 per cent.