Rate of HIV/Aids had dropped 5.9% in Kenya

The Kenyan government said June 26 the rate of HIV and Aids infections had dropped 5.9 percent, but the disease still posed a major challenge in the country. The state-run National Aids Control Council (NACC) said the rate fell from 6.1 percent in 2004 to the current 5.9 percent of the country's nearly 35 million people. "Of notable significance is the decline in new infections from 85, 000 in 2004 to 60,000 in 2005 as well as the drop in HIV prevalence from 6.1 percent to 5.9 percent in the same period," said NACC chairperson Miriam Were. (Independent Online)
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