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Alarm as Kenya reports cases of advanced HIV disease

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Richard Odipo,, a lab technologist at KEMRI Clinical Research Center in Kisumu conducts a laboratory test. [File, Standard]

In what could be a worrying trend to public health and policy experts, it is now emerging that Kenya is currently reporting cases of advanced HIV disease despite the availability of prevention and treatment options.

National Aids and STI Control Program (NASCOP) Chief Executive Officer Rose Wafula, said advanced HIV disease is a severe stage of infection.

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