Dear colleagues,

I would like to invite you to Kenya-Aids Group. An Aids group that
networks with Kenyans and non Kenyans who are in Aids related field
or are simply interested in networking with organisations in Kenya
and other parts of the world.

Membership is open to all. You can join by subscribing at
http://www.yahoogroups.com/group/Kenya-Aids or simply email me to
subscribe.

Below is Kenya Aids Program overview

Best,
Chifu
Group Moderator
http://www.yahoogroups.com/group/Kenya-Aids

Kenya Program Overview

Kenya has the challenge of meeting the reproductive health needs
of a rapidly expanding population in the era of AIDS and under the
constraint of shrinking health resources. Currently, one in every
15 adults in Kenya is infected with HIV, and each day an estimated
600 Kenyans die of AIDS. Over the past decade, the adult HIV
prevalence rate in Kenya has risen steadily from approximately 3
percent in 1990 to almost 14 percent in 1999. Heterosexual contact
accounts for 85 percent of the recorded number of HIV infections in
the country, with the prevalence of infection highest among females
aged 15-19 and males aged 30-34.


Approximately half of the nearly 30 million people living in Kenya
today are under 15 years of age. These young men and women will
be entering their reproductive years in ever larger numbers during the
next two decades. Providing high quality family planning and HIV/STI
prevention and treatment services to them will require efficient use
of available resources.

Source: Family Planning of Kenya