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Why 'disco matanga' is to blame for high HIV prevalence

Night party lovers enjoy music on the dance floor. [Getty Images]

Western Kenya’s Nyanza region remains one of the areas hardest hit by HIV/AIDS pandemic.

According to the National Syndemic Diseases Control Council (NSDC), Homa Bay county records the highest prevalence at about 15.2 per cent, compared with the national average prevalence of 3.3 per cent.

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