At the Mountain (ATM)

HIV AND AIDS IN KENYA Kenya has the joint fourth-largest HIV epidemic in the world (alongside Mozambique and Uganda) in terms of the number of people living with HIV, which was 1.6 million people in 2016.   Roughly 36,000 people died from AIDS-related illnesses in the same year, although this figure is steadily declining from its total of 51,000 in 2010. The first case of HIV in Kenya was detected in 1984 and, by the mid-1990s, it was one of the major causes of mortality in the country, putting huge demands on the healthcare system as well as the economy. HIV prevalence peaked at 10.5% in 1996, and had fallen to 5.9% by 2015. This is mainly due to the rapid scaling up of HIV treatment and care. Key affected populations in Kenya Kenya’s HIV epidemic is often referred to as generalised – affecting all sections of the population including children, young people, adults, women and men. Up to 2015, 660,000 children were recorded as being orphaned by AIDS 30% of new HIV in...

MOTHER TO CHILD TRANSMISSION OF HIV/AIDS The transmission of HIV from a HIV-positive mother to her child during pregnancy, labour, delivery or breastfeeding is called mother-to-child transmission. In the absence of any intervention, transmission rates range from 15% to 45%. This rate can be reduced to below 5% with effective interventions during the periods of pregnancy, labour, delivery and breastfeeding. HIV can pass from an HIV-positive mother to her child: During pregnancy – the foetus is infected by HIV crossing the placenta. During childbirth – the baby is infected by HIV in the mother's cervical secretions or blood. During breastfeeding – the baby is infected by HIV in the mother's breast milk (or blood). Because of this, efforts to prevent HIV transmission need to incorporate strategies which cover the entire period from pregnancy to infant feeding. PREVENTIVE MEASURES Prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) programmes provide antiretroviral treatment (ART) t...

PREVENTION OF HIV AMOUNG YOUNG POPLE Introduction Young people are disproportionately affected by HIV globally; 25% of infected persons are between 10-24 years. Those aged 15-24 comprise 35% of new infections, resulting in 900,000 new infections annually. The greatest burden of HIV among young people is in sub-Saharan Africa. Here, young women have almost eight times the HIV prevalence as same-age men and their annual HIV incidence is an estimated 8%. Why are adolescents a unique population? Adolescence has been described as ‘a period of momentous social, psychological, economic and biological transitions. It is a time when substantial brain development occurs including the capacity for complex, conceptual thinking. The combination of a heightened responsiveness to rewards coupled with immaturity in the behavioral control areas of the brain may lead to the risky decisions and emotional reactivity that characterize adolescence. The exploration and formation of identity is consi...

CHALLENGES FACED BY VOLUNTARY COUNSELING AND TESTING (VCT) 1.        Training; ICT need an increase on the number of councillors who gives training to people living positive life. They don’t have enough trainers who can train even the expectant mothers on how they can do prevent their children from HIV. 2.        Supervision; As the number of people increases in the hospital, the VCT people need more supervisors to ensure quality counselling to the patient they handle each and every day so they need more supervisors to so supervise. 3.        Gender; Girl child   matures at puberty and eventually is contracted into early marriage 4.        Young people; most people who are affected more are the young people but they do not go for counselling and also   are rude and cannot be trusted. They don’t have respect to the leaders. 5.    ...

AIDS is regarded as one of the greatest human challenges which is a devastating and deadly disease affecting people worldwide.  Like all infections, it comes without warning. Stigma and discrimination are world events which seriously affect the lives of people infected with HIV.  Stigma, Discrimination and other human rights violations may occur to infected and the affected population hence wiping out either an entire generation or reducing the generation.  Health-related stigma is a social process which appears as isolation, rejection, blame or devaluation. It occurs when the person is treated unequally and unfairly .  HIV/AIDS stigma and discrimination have a crucial impact on the life of people living with HIV/AIDS and can be an important barrier for voluntary test and consultation.   Oftenly in our today's setting the citizens  do not go for voluntary check up but are only available when admitted to hospital and in most c...

The disease HIV/AIDS has spread so fast in the world today, especially in the poor and developing nations of the world.Africa,Asia,Latin, America and other parts of the world has come under its cover.Today about thirty five million people are HIV infected.African and Asia countries are under highest spread of HIV, South Africa being the largest HIV infected land while in terms of number of HIV patients India is emerging as the leader.About 3 million people die every year due to HIV infection.No drugs or treatments have been proved effective to cure it, even some primary stage inventions are very costly.The main reason as to why it spread so fast in poor countries is because,these countries have most of the population under poor condition,not having enough nutrition and also because they have no awareness about preventing steps and knowledge have resulted into wide spread of HIV.  The center for disease control estimates that one third of the one million Americans living with HI...

GEORGE OMBWA HIV AIDS HIV/AIDS is a killer disease which destroys human body when it gets into the cells. It multiplies itself into the body and overcomes the protective cells according to the research that has been done with doctors. It has taken so many years searching for the vaccine for the plaque disease hiv but still upto date people are still wondering. While continuing questioning themselves where the disease comes from so that it can be treated from its backroot but the answer has not been found.                 There are alot of questions about this disease towards the founder of arvs which can decrease the HIV infections in human body but cannot really cure it. Some people are asking how they found it but could not find the exact curb. Based on their arguments,you cannot control or lower its rate if you couldn't use the real curb that is HIV for you got this ARV it means there is a curb somw...

CHEMSEX & HIV   BY LOYCE KNIGHT OKUTA Chemsex is also known as chemfun , party and play or PNP. It involves using one or more drugs to enhance sex; it can last for many hours at a time, and often with multiple sexual partners Chemsex is a term used for people having sex while on drugs. Although the practice is most common among groups of gay men, between couples or in larger party settings, it’s becoming increasingly common among straight people too.   Taking drugs for chemsex is different to  drinking alcohol or taking drugs  recreationally. This is because the associated drugs, or “chems”, which are used to deliberately enhance sexual experiences also induce a different kind of sexual disinhibition among users. Usually people do it to alter the physical sensations they have during sex (increased pleasure and ability to have sex for longer), or to change their psychological experiences (increasing their confidence ...