Teenagers tackle the HIV virus in a virtual world

Messages tailored for young people resonate well with them. right: President Uhuru Kenyatta with Elijah Zachary who was born with HIV at the launch of the campaign last month. [photos: GOVEDI ASUTSA and courtesy]

Kenya: Last month, President Uhuru Kenyatta launched a campaign to scale up the fight against HIV and Aids among adolescents. During the launch, he said it was the leading cause of adolescent deaths with one adolescent getting infected every two minutes in Kenya and Aids being the second largest cause of death among adolescents globally.

“We can no longer afford to ignore the high rate of HIV infections among our adolescents. We need to work together to protect them,” said the President at the launch of the ‘All in Campaign to End Adolescent Aids’ at the Kenyatta International Convention Centre in Nairobi.