Preps PEPs

PRE-EXPOSUREPROPHYLAXIS AND POST-EXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS
Pre-exposure prophylaxis is the HIV drugs you take before being exposed to it to prevent any transmission.
Post-exposure prophylaxis is the drugs you take after being exposed to HIV to reduce the chances of infection.
GROUPS MOST AFFECTED  BY HIV IN KENYA.
Sex workers
Sex workers have the highest reported HIV prevalence of any group in Kenya.
The most recent data from 2011 estimates 29.3% 0f female sex workers living with HIV.
Similarly, a 2015 study of female workers in Nairobi found that around one-third were living with HIV.
It is found that Kenyan sex workers face heightened risk of violence with little or no protection from law enforcement officers, for example, whilst all respondent who had experienced  rape had accessed medical care, name had reported the incidents to the police for fear of being prosecuted for being engaging in sex work.
Men who have sex with men [msm]
HIV prevalence  among men who have sex with men in Kenya is almost three times that among the general population. The most recent data estimates prevalence among men who have sex with men at 18.28%
People who inject drugs
In 2011, an estimated 18.35% of people who inject drugs are concentrated in a specific geographical area such as Nairobi and Mombasa.
Young people
More than half [50%] of all new HIV infections in Kenya in 2016 occurred among adolescent and young people aged 15-24 years , rapid rise from 29%  in 2013 Many of these infections will occur among  young key populations.
Women
In 2016 women accounted for 910000 of the 1.6 million people living with HIV in Kenya
As many parts of Sub-saharan Africa women in Kenya face discrimination in terms of access to education
,employment and health care.As a result men often dominate sexual relationship with women
not always able practice safer sex even when they know the risky .for example in 2014 ,35% of adult women aged(15-46)who were or had been married had experienced sexual violence

Lagat Brian

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