U.N. Population Fund country director for Kenya Dr. Wangui Njau has said that negative attitudes on the part of health workers are partly to blame for the 20-percent HIV infection rate among Kenyan youth between the ages of 15 and 19. Njau said that 24 percent of Kenyan women aged 15 to 24 are infected with the virus and that health workers stigmatize youth who seek reproductive health services. The attitudes of the teen-agers themselves contribute to the crisis, she said, as a "large percen...read more
U.N. Population Fund country director for Kenya Dr. Wangui Njau has said that negative attitudes on the part of health workers are partly to blame for the 20-percent HIV infection rate among Kenyan youth between the ages of 15 and 19. Njau said that 24 percent of Kenyan women aged 15 to 24 are infected with the virus and that health workers stigmatize youth who seek reproductive health services. The attitudes of the teen-agers themselves contribute to the crisis, she said, as a "large percentage still engage in high risk, unprotected sexual activities with a multiplicity of partners".
