Kenya: HIV Claims 2,607 Children With Mother-to-Child Transmissions Making Up 6 in 10 Infant Cases

A total of 2,607 children under the age of 14 succumbed to HIV and AIDS in 2023, with 3,743 new HIV infections recorded among children under the age of four during the same period.

The National Syndemic Diseases Control Council (NSDCC) stated that of the estimated new infections, 37.7 per cent were attributed to mothers discontinuing antiretroviral therapy (ART), while 25.5 per cent resulted from mothers not receiving ART at all.

The Council’s report released on Monday indicates that between 2015…