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Kenya's HIV/AIDS transmission among infants drops

Xinhua

Kenya's health officials said HIV/ AIDS exposed infants have reduced from 27 percent in 2007 to 14.9 percent in 2011, due to increased uptake of elimination of mother to child transmission (EMTCT) and voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) services.

Director of National Aids Control Council (NACC) Alloys Orago revealed that 69 percent of HIV positive pregnant women receives antiretrovirals propphylaxis hence the reduction in infection.
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