{"id":19153,"date":"2019-02-13T23:22:43","date_gmt":"2019-02-13T23:22:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.wordpress.com\/?p=19153"},"modified":"2019-02-13T23:22:43","modified_gmt":"2019-02-13T23:22:43","slug":"aids-council-new-infections-among-youths-aged-15-and-24-worrying","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/2019\/02\/13\/aids-council-new-infections-among-youths-aged-15-and-24-worrying\/","title":{"rendered":"AIDS Council: New infections among youths aged 15 and 24 worrying"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-style:none;margin:0;max-width:100%;vertical-align:bottom;color:#424242;font-family:georgia, cambria, 'times new roman', times, serif;font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:start;text-indent:0;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;widows:2;word-spacing:0;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;\" title=\"Condoms being distributed to Kilifi boda boda riders and matatu touts during the International Condom Day celebratiosn outside Pwani University on Wednesday February 13, 2019. \/ALPHONCE GARI\" src=\"https:\/\/www.the-star.co.ke\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/new_full_content\/public\/articles\/2019\/02\/13\/1894349.jpg?itok=U75tBzpB\" alt=\"Condoms being distributed to Kilifi boda boda riders and matatu touts during the International Condom Day celebratiosn outside Pwani University on Wednesday February 13, 2019. \/ALPHONCE GARI\" \/>Condoms being distributed to Kilifi boda boda riders and matatu touts during the International Condom Day celebratiosn outside Pwani University on Wednesday February 13, 2019. \/ALPHONCE GARI<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0 0 1em;color:#424242;font-family:georgia, cambria, 'times new roman', times, serif;font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:start;text-indent:0;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;widows:2;word-spacing:0;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;\">Youths aged 15 to 24 years are the ones contributing to the highest to new HIV\/AIDS infections, the National Aids Control Council has said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0 0 1em;color:#424242;font-family:georgia, cambria, 'times new roman', times, serif;font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:start;text-indent:0;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;widows:2;word-spacing:0;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;\">The NACC said out of the 52,000 deaths caused by HIV\/AIDS in 2017, 17,000 were youths.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0 0 1em;color:#424242;font-family:georgia, cambria, 'times new roman', times, serif;font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:start;text-indent:0;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;widows:2;word-spacing:0;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;\">The council&#8217;s deputy director John Kimigwi said the teenage pregnancies reported in Kilifi five months ago have increased to 17,850 from 13,000.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0 0 1em;color:#424242;font-family:georgia, cambria, 'times new roman', times, serif;font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:start;text-indent:0;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;widows:2;word-spacing:0;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;\">He said this number is alarming and contributes to the spread of HIV and AIDS in the county that is ranked among those with high poverty levels.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-star.co.ke\/news\/2019\/02\/13\/aids-council-new-infections-among-youths-aged-15-and-24-worrying_c1894347\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 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