Inmates and men who have sex with men account for 15 per cent of Kenya’s new HIV infections. Two years later, he tested positive for HIV, becoming one in the number of new HIV infections that happen in Kenya’s prisons every year. Hearing resumes on June 24, but the case opens the lid on the issue of access to treatment for prisoners with HIV. “Why would they prefer going to KNH yet the same services are available at the hospital in the prison?” he posed. SUPPORT GROUPSAt Kamiti prison, he added, 160 HIV-positive prisoners have formed 12 support groups, for each of the 10 blocks that make up the prison.

Source: Daily Nation April 16, 2019 13:52 UTC