MSM and trans women have a higher chance of contracting HIV compared to their peers
Experts recommend that healthcare workers provide PrEP education to people who may need it
Men who have sex with men (MSM) and transgender women are aware of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), the daily pill that HIV-negative people can take to prevent HIV infection. According to a study published in
Surveying vulnerable population
According to the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV and AIDS, the risk of contracting HIV in men who have sex with men was 22 times higher in 2018 than among adult men as a group. A
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Non-Aligned Movement has always expressed its concerns at the problems faced by the developing world in sectors such as health. NAM recognises that the spread of HIV/AIDS constitutes a global emergency and poses one of the most formidable challenges to the development, progress and stability of their respective societies and the world at large, and requires an exceptional and comprehensive global response.
NAM has acknowledged HIV/AIDS as a cross-cutting issue impacting sustainable development. NAM has recognized the achievement of South-South cooperation in the fight against HIV/AIDS and stressed to give priority attention to the development of cooperation schemes among NAM Member States, as well as to the strengthening of regional and international cooperation to effectively address HIV/AIDS in the fulfilment of SDG 3.
1Centre for International Health, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
2Division of Global HIV and TB, U.S Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Nairobi, Kenya
3National AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Infections (STI) Control Program, Ministry of Health, Nairobi, Kenya
4Health Population and Nutrition, United States Agency for International Development, Nairobi, Kenya
5Division of Global HIV and TB, U.S Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, United States
Background: The UNAIDS 90-90-90 Fast-Track targets provide a framework for assessing coverage of HIV testing services (HTS) and awareness of HIV status – the “first 90.” In Kenya, the bulk of HIV testing targets are aligned to the five highest HIV-burden counties. However, we do not know if most of the new HIV diagnoses are in these five highest-burden counties or elsewhere.
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