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35,000 new HIV infections reported among young Kenyan women

1st lady Margaret Kenyatta chats with Youths HIV/AIDs ambassador Elijah Elamayan after she officially opened 7th International Conference on Peer Education, Sexuality , HIV and AIDS at KICC on 15/06/2016. PHOTO by JENIPHER WACHIE

At least 35,000 new HIV infections have been reported among women aged 15-24 in the last one year.

National Aids Control Council (NACC) Director Nduku Kilonzo, who released the statistics in Nairobi yesterday, called on stakeholders to increase their efforts to reverse the trend.

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