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Students in Western Kenya face discrimination over HIV status

Participants at a forum in Kisumu county where discrimination of students living with HIV/Aids was discussed. [PHOTO: MAUREENODIWUOR/STANDARD]

Stigmatisation of people living with HIV/Aids has long been one of the major challenges in managing the disease.

Recently, at an adolescent forum held in Kisumu county, it emerged that teenagers living with HIV/Aids in schools within Kisumu, Homa Bay and Siaya counties are being discriminated against at the school.

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