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	PM Launches KNASP 111
	The Kenya National AIDS Strategic Plan 2010 was launched on Teusday. more...



	Final KAIS Report Released
	Kenya's older citizens are not safe from the HIV/AIDS epidemic, according to the final report of the 2007 Kenya AIDS Indicator Survey. The survey, released on 24 September, also showed that the country's epidemic varies greatly from region to region, while HIV testing remains low due to low risk perception among the population. Prevalence among people aged between 50 and 60 is 5 percent, compared with a national average of 7.1 percent; previous studies had not measured HIV among people over 49. "We have now to start driving HIV and AIDS messages and campaigns that target the older population because these findings reveal that they are actually at risk of contracting HIV," said Ibrahim Mohamed, Director of the National AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Infection Control Programme (NASCOP). more...



	HIV/AIDS spreading among the old
	According to World Health Organization, the number of cases of HIV and Aids among older people is higher than generally thought. WHO says older people are generally not considered to be at high risk because they are believed to be less sexually active than younger people. HIV, the virus that causes Aids, is mainly transmitted through sexual intercourse. Young people, who tend to be most sexually active, are most at risk of getting the disease. The disease has no age boundaries!



	7,000 prostitutes in Nairobi every night
	Ongoing census on the number of female and male prostitutes in the country indicates there are more than 7,000 of them in Nairobi's Central Business District every night.....More



	HIV Prevalence
	Kenya AIDS indicator survey 2007-Results •An estimated 1.4 million adults in Kenya are infected with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. •Preliminary results of 2007 Kenya AIDS Indicator Survey (KAIS) indicate that 7.1% of adults age 15-64 are infected with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. more...

Upcoming Events

	PMTCT TWG Meeting
	PMTCT implementers meeting to be held on April 20, 2010 at KICC.



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WELCOME TO AIDSKENYA

Welcome to the NASCOP website. (NASCOP) was established in 1987 to spearhead interventions on the fight against HIV/AIDS. The Ministry of Health spearheads the campaign on HIV/AIDS through the National AIDS and STD Control Programme, a division in the Ministry. We hope that you will find our website useful.

Programmes

	Prevention Programmes
	Treatment, Care & Support
	ART Program
	TB / HIV Collaboration

	PMTCT
	STIs
	Monitoring & Evaluation
	Programme Co-ordination & Management

publications & resources

NASCOP has a number of resources for various HIV/AIDS programmes. Our information, communication and education materials include: training manuals and curricula, national and policy guidelines for national programmes, brochures, posters and pamphlets. Some of these materials are available for download on our website.

a) Kenya National Prevention of Mother to Child HIV Transmission: The aim of this Training Curriculum is to provide a resource for healthcare workers to learn about and implement state of the art care and treatment to address existing and emerging needs in Kenya. The recent availability of antiretroviral treatment in Kenya gave rise to the inclusion of a module on PMTCT- Plus that provides information, insights and skills-building exercises to assist the healthcare worker in offering a continuum of care to women and families living with HIV infection.