The Kakamega County HIV Aids and STI Control Policy 2020-2030

Abstract

As at the end of 2018, Kakamega County had a prevalence rate of 4.5% of HIV. Out of this, the prevalence among men is 3.4% while that among females is 5.6%. This translates to an estimated 52,976 Persons Living with HIV. During the same period, there were also approximately 2,198 new infections with 989 HIV related deaths across all ages (NACC, 2018). The Kakamega HIV, AIDS and STI Control Policy has been aligned to the National Framework, the Kenya AIDS Strategic Framework (KASF II) as well as the Kakamega County Integrated Development Plan (CIDP). The Kakamega County HIV, AIDS and STI Policy is the guide to the County’s response to HIV, AIDS and STI. This policy seeks to contribute to the attainment of Universal Health Care (UHC) through comprehensive and sustainable HIV, AIDS and STI prevention, treatment and care for all the people. Specifically, the policy outlines the interventions aimed at reducing new infections by 75 percent, reducing HIV related mortality by 50 percent, reducing HIV related stigma by 75 percent, reducing mother to child transmission rate to below 5 percent and to progressively increase domestic financing for the HIV and STI response. To address these challenges, the policy document seeks to intervene through six areas of programming. First is the prevention of HIV infection which includes behavioral HIV prevention interventions, biomedical approach, structural interventions, Key Population Prevention services and elimination of mother to child transmission.