1. Two‐fold increase in the HIV viral load suppression rate along with decreased incidence over six years in Ndhiwa sub‐county, Kenya
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Robin Nesbitt, Menard Chihana, Helena Huerga, Elisabeth Szumilin, Leonard Kingwara, Nolwenn Conan, Valarie Opollo, Catherine Ngugi, Leon Salumu, Stephen Wanjala, Christopher Mambula, Gordon Okomo, and Mahmoud Badawi
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Adult ,Male ,Adolescent ,Anti-HIV Agents ,HIV diagnosis ,Population ,HIV Infections ,Virus ,Young Adult ,Prevalence ,Cluster Analysis ,Humans ,Medicine ,Hiv transmission ,education ,High rate ,education.field_of_study ,business.industry ,Incidence ,Incidence (epidemiology) ,Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health ,Hiv incidence ,Middle Aged ,Viral Load ,Kenya ,Cross-Sectional Studies ,Infectious Diseases ,HIV-1 ,Female ,Parasitology ,business ,Viral load ,Demography - Abstract
BACKGROUND HIV-positive individuals who maintain an undetectable viral load cannot transmit the virus to others. In 2012, an HIV population-based survey was conducted in Ndhiwa sub-county (Kenya) to provide information on the HIV local epidemic. We carried out a second survey 6 years after the first one, to assess progress in HIV diagnosis and care and differences in the HIV prevalence and incidence between the two surveys. METHODS A cross-sectional, population-based survey using cluster sampling and geospatial random selection was implemented in 2018, using the same design as 2012. Consenting participants aged 15-59 years were interviewed and tested for HIV at home. HIV-positive individuals received viral load testing (viral suppression defined as
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- 2021
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