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Enhance awareness to curb HIV infections among teenagers

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World AIDS Day is a day to unite to help end HIV and remember those lost to AIDS-related illnesses. [iStockphoto]

The high prevalence of HIV/Aids infections among teenagers aged between 15 and 24 in the country is worrying and requires urgent interventions from relevant government and private sector agencies.

As the world marked HIV/Aids on December 1, statistics from the Ministry of Health revealed that infections among teenage boys and girls are steadily rising.

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