President Uhuru Kenyatta Leads the Nation in Commemorating World AIDS Day
President Uhuru Kenyatta on Wednesday led the Nation in commemorating this year’s World AIDS Day at Nakuru Athletics Club in the newly chartered Nakuru City.
In his address, the President said HIV/AIDS related deaths had significantly reduced during his tenure of office due to enhanced Govt investment in antiretroviral treatment whose uptake rose by 83%.
At the event, also addressed by Nakuru Governor Lee Kinyanjui and Health PS Susan Mochache, the Head of State noted that new HIV infections in the country had declined by 68.4% while disease prevalence fell by 6% between 2013 and this year.
At the same time, the President decried the rising cases of teenage pregnancies in the country saying the sad state of affairs undermines the country’s transformation agenda and progress made to end HIV as a public health threat.
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