Health & ScienceMary is among 1.3 million Kenyans living with HIV, and among the 96 per cent who are on ARVs medication. The wife is living with HIV, they do not use any protection and are happily planning for a third child. They had also involved 83 health workers from 30 health facilities. Still, other health workers said they did not tell HIV positive persons about the reduced risk of transmission for fear of being blamed if infection occurred. “Most health providers used words such as ‘very low,’ ‘minimal’ ‘like zero’ and ‘close to zero’ to describe the risk of HIV transmission after viral suppression.

Source: Standard Digital May 31, 2020 21:45 UTC