According to National AIDS Control Council (NACC), Dr. Nduku Kilonzo, everything in HIV starts and ends with behavior. There is a need to start investing heavily to reach the unreached HIV infected people and link them to care and treatment. There- fore, it is vital to take these innovative products to the people. Making use of these products is the only way they will make the difference they are intended to make.

Kenya passed a major milestone in the fight against HIV on May 4, 2017 when it launched a nation-wide initiative to bring oral PrEP (pre-exposure prophylaxis), antiretroviral drugs for preventing HIV, to the people who need it. The hope that oral PrEP will help defeat HIV comes after important clinical studies, which showed the safety of the drugs and their ability to prevent infectioln if taken correctly and consistently. But what works in the lab has to work in the real world too.

Kenya passed a major milestone in the fight against HIV on May 4, 2017 when it launched a nation-wide initiative to bring oral PrEP (pre-exposure prophylaxis), antiretroviral drugs for preventing HIV, to the people who need it. The hope that oral PrEP will help defeat HIV comes after important clinical studies, which showed the safety of the drugs and their ability to prevent infectioln if taken correctly and consistently. But what works in the lab has to work in the real world too.

KENYA AWAITS LAUNCH OF HIV SELF-TESTING In her key note address of the HIV STAT Dr. Nduku Kilonzo said, “It is time we got started with HIV self-testing as a county. Let’s not wait until everything is perfect but let’s be willing learn as we go along” Indeed, there is a lot of evidence on […]