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Youth face high HIV risk as donor support drops

Participants during World Aids Day at Kisian Primary School, Kisumu County, on December 1, 2025. [Rodgers Otiso, Standard] 

As the country transitions away from donor-supported HIV programmes, Kisumu county has recorded 1,341 new HIV infections in just one year with 46 per cent occurring among young people aged 10-19.   

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