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Garissa Has Less Than 0% HIV Prevalence As Homa Bay Leads With 19.6% – Report

Jakowiti Atwech by Jakowiti Atwech
February 20, 2020
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A new study has revealed that Garissa County has <0.1% HIV prevalence with Homa Bay leading the pack at 19.6percent.

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The study, conducted between June 2018 and February 2019 shows Nyanza region havibg more HIV prevalence than the rest of the country.

According to the Kenya Population-based HIV Impact Assessment (KENPHIA) 2018, Kisumu has 17.5%, Siaya and Migori are at 15.3% and 13.0% respectively,

4.9% Nyanza region is way above the average.

The study found that North Eastern region (where Garissa is located) reported lowest prevalence with the region showing less than 0.2%.
Kisumu is at 4.9%
Nairobi at 3.8%
Mombasa 5.6%
Nyeri 5.1%
Uasin Gishu 5.5%
Kajiado 4.6%
Turkana 6.8% and
Kiambu 1.1%

The report further notes that 1.3million (4.9%) adults are living with HIV while 139,000 (0.7%) children are living with the virus.

“HIV prevalence was twice as high among women at 6.6% (95% CI: 6.0%-7.1%), compared to men at 3.1% (95% CI: 2.7%-3.5%),” the study found.

Kenya has the fifth-largest number of persons living with HIV in the world, and HIV continues to be a leading cause of adult morbidity and mortality.

34,610 individuals participated in survey across the country: 27,897 were aged between 15-64 years and 6,713 were children aged between 0-14 years.

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