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10.2 per_100_person-yearsAmong adolescents and youth living with HIV (AYLHIV) on antiretroviral therapy (ART) for ≥2 years in Kenya between January 2016 and December 2017, the incidence of loss to follow-up (LTFU) was 10.2 per 100 person-years.

KenyaVIH/sidaobserved 2016-2017published 2023AIDS patient care and STDsPubMeddocument of 5 observations

1.55 foldAdolescents with HIV showed a 1.55-fold increased risk of any spirometry abnormality compared to adolescents without HIV.

KenyaVIH/sidapublished 2025ChestPubMeddocument of 9 observations

72 %Among children living with HIV who returned to treatment in each fiscal year, the proportions who remained active at the end of the fiscal year varied from 72% to 76%.

KenyaVIH/sidapublished 2025The Pediatric infectious disease journalPubMeddocument of 10 observations

5.3 %HIV prevalence was 5.3% among adolescent girls and young women recruited at venues in Mombasa, Kenya.

KenyaVIH/sidapublished 2024Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999)PubMeddocument of 6 observations

41.7 %Aflatoxin B1 was detected in 23 of 56 women living with HIV (41.7%).

KenyaVIH/sidapublished 2025International journal of STD & AIDSPubMeddocument of 8 observations

89 %At 12 months follow-up, 1621 (89%) male partners with HIV were taking antiretroviral treatment.

KenyaVIH/sidaobserved 12 months follow-uppublished 2023The Lancet. Global healthPubMeddocument of 11 observations

1.2 %The overall HIV positivity rate was 1.2% among 80,693 clients tested through Provider-Initiated HIV Testing & Counseling (PITC) in six health facilities in three counties in central Kenya between October 2018 and September 2019.

KenyaVIH/sidaobserved October 2018 to September 2019published 2023BMC health services researchPubMeddocument of 4 observations

18.4 %Among 911 women in the PrEP Implementation of Mothers in Antenatal Care trial in Kenya, 18.4% accepted oral pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP).

KenyaVIH/sidapublished 2024Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999)PubMeddocument of 11 observations

15.3 %The proportion of people living with HIV enrolled at rural facilities increased from 15.3% in 2005–2006 to 41.7% in 2013–2014.

KenyaVIH/sidaobserved 2005–2006published 2020PloS onePubMeddocument of 12 observations

1.46 hazard_ratioUse of oral contraceptive pills was associated with an adjusted hazard ratio of 1.46 for HIV-1 acquisition.

KenyaVIH/sidapublished 2007AIDS (London, England)europe_pmcdocument of 6 observationsDOI 10.1097/qad.0b013e328270388a

9 per_100_person_yearsInfant HIV incidence rate over 12 months was 9 cases per 100 person-years.

KenyaVIH/sidaobserved 12-monthspublished 2023European Journal of Public HealthOpenAlexdocument of 7 observationsDOI 10.1093/eurpub/ckad160.824

0.14 %Annual HIV incidence in Kenya was 0.14% in 2018.

KenyaVIH/sidaobserved 2018published 2023AIDS research and human retrovirusesPubMeddocument of 7 observations

Subjects infected with CXCR4-tropic viruses had statistically significant lower baseline CD4+T-cell counts than those infected with CCR5-tropic viruses.

KenyaVIH/sidapublished 2022MedicinePubMeddocument of 6 observations

73 %Among 987 adolescents and young adults living with HIV in Kenya, 73% (517/703) were virally suppressed.

KenyaVIH/sidapublished 2026PloS onePubMeddocument of 8 observations

2.6 foldSTI prevalence was 2.6-fold higher among participants living with HIV than among those without HIV among sexually active participants aged 13+ years in Siaya County, western Kenya.

KenyaSTIs · VIH/sidapublished 2024International journal of STD & AIDSPubMeddocument of 6 observations

60 %Evolving drug resistance mutations were identified in 60% of participants in a cohort of Kenyan children and adolescents living with HIV failing first-line antiretroviral therapy.

KenyaVIH/sidapublished 2023VirusesPubMeddocument of 6 observations

2 per_10In 2018, approximately 2 in 10 people with HIV in Kenya remained unaware of their infection.

KenyaVIH/sidaobserved 2018published 2020Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999)PubMeddocument of 8 observations

74.1 %74.1% of participants living with HIV and who self-identified as female sex workers likely acquired HIV prior to self-identification as a sex worker.

KenyaVIH/sidapublished 2023AIDS (London, England)PubMeddocument of 3 observations

100 %Among participants with viral load >1000 copies/ml who underwent successful drug resistance mutation testing in the intervention group, all 46 (100%) had some drug resistance mutations.

KenyaVIH/sidapublished 2023Journal of the International AIDS SocietyPubMeddocument of 8 observations

54 %Fifty-four percent of participants were living with HIV.

KenyaVIH/sidapublished 2022PloS onePubMeddocument of 10 observations

HIV-positive women were more likely to be diagnosed with bacterial vaginosis compared to all HIV-negative women (HESN/HIV-N combined).

Kenyavaginose bactérienne · VIH/sidapublished 2012AIDS (London, England)europe_pmcdocument of 3 observationsDOI 10.1097/qad.0b013e32834ed7f0

3.5 %HIV prevalence was 3.5% overall among youth participating in the Community Health Initiative in an urban informal settlement in Kisumu County in 2018.

KenyaVIH/sidaobserved 2018published 2022AIDS and behaviorPubMeddocument of 6 observations

79.2 %In the 2018 Kenya Population-based HIV Impact Assessment, among AYPLHIV aged 10–24 years on ART, 79.2% achieved viral load suppression (VLS).

KenyaVIH/sidaobserved 2018published 2025The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent MediPubMeddocument of 9 observations

5 daysChildren with CMV DNA ≥1000 IU/mL were hospitalized a median ~5 days longer than children with lower-level or undetectable CMV DNA.

Kenyacytomegalovirus (CMV) · VIH/sidapublished 2022Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society PubMeddocument of 6 observations

6.8 %HIV prevalence among children tested via clinic-based testing was 6.8%.

KenyaVIH/sidapublished 2020Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999)PubMeddocument of 7 observations