Affiliation(s)
1. School of Public Health, College of Health Sciences, Moi University, Eldoret 4606 30100, Kenya
2. School of Public Health, African Medical Research Foundation (AMREF) Campus, Moi University, Eldoret 4606 30100, Kenya
3. School of Education, Moi University, Eldoret 4606 30100, Kenya
ABSTRACT
HIV (Human Immuno-deficiency Virus) prevalence in Malawi
is one of the highest in the world, with 10.3% of population living with HIV.
Kenya has a prevalence rate of 6%
and with 1.6 million people living with HIV infection. The broad objective of the study was to assess the proportion of youth
aged 15-24 years affected by HIV in Malawi and Kenya. This was a descriptive
study design. Data were mainly collected
from reports from government, World Bank, World Health Organization and UN
agencies. Graphs, tables and charts have been used to present statistics. Data
for specific age cohort were hard to find and hence, data were used for general
HIV and AIDS with special attention to the youth where possible. In Kenya, HIV
prevalence among young women jumps three folds from 2.8% of 15-17 year olds to
8.3% among 23-24 year olds. In Malawi, around 2,100 young people and
adolescents are infected with HIV every day. In 2013, four million young people
aged 15-24 were living with HIV, with 29% aged under 19 years. This age group
includes school going youths, newly employed, economically productive and
sexually active group. HIV prevalence in Malawi has been declining over time
among persons aged 15-19 years from 16.4% in 1999 to 11.8 % in 2004 to 10.6% in
2010 and 10.3% in 2016. However, in Kenya, the trend of HIV prevalence reached
its peak of 10.55% in 1995-1996 after which it declined to 6.7% in 2003 and has
been stable since then.
KEYWORDS
HIV (Human Immuno-deficiency Virus), prevalence, infection,
transmission, descriptive study design, Pearson correlation.
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