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Shrinking donor aid spurs Bungoma to innovate in fight against tripple threat

 Gender and children's welfare desk at Bungoma Central Police. [File, Standard]

Bungoma county is rethinking its fight against the triple threat of HIV, gender-based violence (GBV), and teenage pregnancies as shrinking donor aid threatens to roll back years of progress.

According to Ministry of Health data (2025), Bungoma’s HIV prevalence stands at 2.3 percent, below the national average of 3.7 percent.

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