It involves getting sexually active young women and girls aged 15 to 24, who are at a high risk of contracting HIV, to take an anti-retroviral pill, Truvada, daily, to lower the chances of getting infected. HIV/Aids is a major health problem, given its prevalence in the most economically active age group. According to a recent report, young women made up a third of the 71,034 Kenyans who got infected in 2015. With an HIV prevalence of 4.6 per cent, they are more likely to contract the virus than males in the same age group. Even as innovations are made available, we must not relent on the awareness campaign as the spread of HIV is partly fuelled by ignorance.

Source: Daily Nation May 01, 2017 18:45 UTC