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Don't roll back progress in war against HIVAids

HIV prevalence in Kenya stood at 10.5 per cent in 1996. [iStockphoto]

December 1 commemoration of World Aids Day coincides with a shortage of condoms in the country, an occurrence that threatens gains made in the fight against HIV/Aids.

It does not help matters that donors like The Global Fund, GAVI, UNFPA and the US President's Emergency Plan for Aids Relief (Pepfar) started a gradual withdrawal of their funding for HIV/Aids programmes in 2019 after Kenya was upgraded to a middle-income status.

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