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6 minutesThe median time spent per male sex partner traced on phone was 6 minutes.

KenyaVIH/sidapublished 2022BMC health services researchPubMeddocument of 13 observations

57.9 %Among 1904 adolescents and young adults with HIV in Western Kenya, 57.9% were female.

KenyaVIH/sidapublished 2025AIDS (London, England)PubMeddocument of 5 observations

52 %Only 52% (n = 132) of the surveyed adolescents living with HIV aged 15–19 years in Kiambu and Nakuru Counties, Kenya reported receiving their last viral load result.

KenyaVIH/sidapublished 2025The Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care : JANACPubMeddocument of 4 observations

HIV infection is higher in men who have sex with men and female sex workers than in the general adult population in Nairobi, Kenya.

KenyaVIH/sidapublished 2020PloS onePubMeddocument of 7 observations

72 %Among 331 index and partner participants living with HIV who were not on ART at enrolment, 238 (72%) were taking ART at 6-month follow-up.

KenyaVIH/sidaobserved 6-month follow-uppublished 2024The Lancet. Global healthPubMeddocument of 7 observations

51.6 %1808 (51.6%) of the 3501 clients were receiving care in Nairobi County.

KenyaVIH/sidaobserved between July 2017 and December 2019published 2023AIDS (London, England)PubMeddocument of 5 observations

10 %HIV prevalence among female sex workers in Mombasa was about 10%.

KenyaVIH/sidapublished 2020International journal of STD & AIDSeurope_pmcdocument of 5 observations

75.7 %Microbial contamination was cited as a dimension of water insecurity by 75.7% of participants.

KenyaVIH/sidapublished 2026Journal of water and healtheurope_pmcdocument of 11 observations

18 %Total HIV prevalence was 18.0% in the ANC population in western Kenya in 2018.

KenyaVIH/sidaobserved 2018published 2023PloS onePubMeddocument of 2 observations

2.8 odds_ratioUnhealthy alcohol use was associated with nearly 3-fold higher odds of viral nonsuppression (adjusted odds ratio = 2.80).

KenyaVIH/sidapublished 2026Journal of the International Association of Providers of AIDS CarePubMeddocument of 8 observations

10 %Young (15–24 years) men comprised 10% of seroconverters in Kenya.

KenyaVIH/sidapublished 2021PloS onePubMeddocument of 16 observations

309 infantsOf 626 enrolled infants, 309 (49.4%) received repeat point-of-care HIV testing at both birth and 6 weeks of age.

KenyaVIH/sidapublished 2020PloS onePubMeddocument of 13 observations

The ePrEP Kenya Pilot conducted HIV testing services, including self-testing, for clients in Nairobi and Mombasa Counties.

KenyaVIH/sidaobserved February to November 2023published 2026Journal of the International AIDS SocietyPubMeddocument of 7 observations

83.5 %Among 114 adolescent girls and young women returning for the month 1 follow-up visit, 83.5% reported continuing PrEP.

KenyaVIH/sidapublished 2024AIDS and behaviorPubMeddocument of 4 observations

16 infectionsDuring 4638 person-years of follow-up, there were 16 maternal HIV infections.

KenyaVIH/sidapublished 2023Journal of the International AIDS SocietyPubMeddocument of 9 observations

63 %Five viral load trajectory groups were identified among 89 children with 522 viral load visits from 6 to 24 months: sustained-low (63% of children), sustained-very-high (16%), sustained-high (9%), low-to-high (7%), and high-with-periods-of-low (6%).

KenyaVIH/sidapublished 2024Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999)PubMeddocument of 5 observations

5.6 %Of HIV-positive adolescents not pregnant at enrolment, 5.6% (448) became pregnant at least once during follow-up.

KenyaVIH/sidapublished 2020Reproductive healthPubMeddocument of 8 observations

0.99 aORThere was no association between schistosomiasis and HIV-1 acquisition risk among males (adjusted odds ratio = 0.99, 95% CI 0.59 to 1.67).

Kenyaschistosomiase · VIH/sidapublished 2020Journal of the International AIDS SocietyPubMeddocument of 13 observations

75 %Between 70% and 80% of HIV infected patients develop anaemia.

Kenyaanémie · VIH/sidapublished 2017Kenyatta University Institutional Repository (Kenyatta University)OpenAlexdocument of 7 observations

9 %In KwaZulu-Natal, the increase in knowledge of HIV status attributable to DREAMS was 9% among adolescent girls and young women aged 13–17 years in 2017.

KenyaVIH/sidaobserved 2017published 2022Journal of epidemiology and community healthPubMeddocument of 6 observations

1,500,000 inhabitantsIn Kenya, about 1.5 million people are living with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV).

KenyaVIH/sidapublished 2020The Pan African medical journalPubMeddocument of 13 observations

8.7 %Among HIV-infected patients enrolled in the program in Central Kenya, those in WHO clinical stage I increased from 8.7% in 2004 to 43.1% in 2014.

KenyaVIH/sidaobserved 2004 to 2014published 2021BMC infectious diseasesPubMeddocument of 10 observations

10 fold_increaseIn HIV uninfected FSWs, HSV2 infection was associated with a ten-fold increase in cervical immature dendritic cells (iDC) expressing DC-SIGN.

Kenyaherpes simplex virus-2 · VIH/sidapublished 2007AIDS (London, England)europe_pmcdocument of 4 observations

4.6 %Among enrolled key populations and/or priority populations, facility-based HIV testing increased from 4.6% pre-implementation to 72.3% post-implementation period 1.

KenyaVIH/sidaobserved 6 March - 16 April 2023 (pre-implementation); 1 May - 26 June 2023 (post-implementation period 1)published 2024HIV research & clinical practicePubMeddocument of 4 observations

4.51 relative_riskMothers unaware of their partners’ HIV status had a relative risk of 4.51 for infant HIV positivity at 6 months.

KenyaVIH/sidaobserved 6 monthspublished 2023European Journal of Public HealthOpenAlexdocument of 7 observationsDOI 10.1093/eurpub/ckad160.824