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HIV gains expose new burden for patients, healthcare system
As the population living with HIV ages, more are experiencing multiple chronic conditions, including hypertension, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease.
Kenya has reduced new HIV infections by 83 percent in ten years, from 101,448 in 2013 to 16,752 in 2023, while the number of people receiving antiretroviral therapy more than doubled from 656,369 to 1,336,681 during the same period.
According to the National Syndemic Diseases Control Council (NSDCC) report, Aids-related deaths also fell by 65 per cent, from 58,446 to 20,480.
