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AHF Urges Global HIV Data Audit as UNAIDS 55th PCB Meeting Ends In Nairobi
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AHF Urges Global HIV Data Audit as UNAIDS 55th PCB Meeting Ends In Nairobi

Following the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) 55th Programme Coordinating Board (PCB) meeting in Nairobi, Kenya, the AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) has renewed its call for a comprehensive global audit of HIV data. This renewed urgency follows a news report on UNAIDS' latest 95-95-95 epidemic control progress report, which states that six African nations, alongside Kenya, have met testing and treatment targets for the general population. According to the report, Kenya has achieved 95-95-90 against a target of 95-90-86—meaning that 95% of people know their HIV status, 95% are on treatment, and 90% have achieved viral load suppression. Kenya also claimed that 97% of people with HIV know they are positive. However, in 2023, Kenya recorded over 17,000 new HIV...