{"id":125664,"date":"2025-11-30T13:03:49","date_gmt":"2025-11-30T13:03:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/ps-mary-muthoni-kenya-strengthening-hiv-fight-as-world-marks-aids-day-2025\/"},"modified":"2025-11-30T13:03:49","modified_gmt":"2025-11-30T13:03:49","slug":"ps-mary-muthoni-kenya-strengthening-hiv-fight-as-world-marks-aids-day-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/ps-mary-muthoni-kenya-strengthening-hiv-fight-as-world-marks-aids-day-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"PS Mary Muthoni: Kenya Strengthening HIV Fight as World Marks AIDS Day 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nov 30 \u2013 Public Health and Professional Standards Principal Secretary Mary Muthoni says Kenya is making decisive progress in the fight against HIV, noting significant reductions in infections and deaths over the past two decades.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking as the country marked World AIDS Day 2025, the PS highlighted major national gains: a 72% decline in new HIV infections, a 90% drop in AIDS-related deaths, and a 35% reduction in mother-to-child transmission. She added that more than 1.3 million Kenyans are now on treatment.<\/p>\n<p>Muthoni reaffirmed the Government\u2019s commitment to sustaining this progress under the leadership of President William Ruto, citing the integration of HIV services into the Taifa Care Universal Health Coverage agenda through the Social Health Authority Funds.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.capitalfm.co.ke\/news\/files\/2025\/11\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-11-30-at-15.31.38.jpeg\"><\/a>Public Health PS Mary Muthoni leads Kenya\u2019s World AIDS Day 2025 commemoration, reaffirming the country\u2019s commitment to ending AIDS by 2030 under the theme \u201cOne Race, One Goal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis year\u2019s theme, <em>One Race, One Goal<\/em>, reminds us of our shared responsibility to end the triple threat of HIV infections, teenage pregnancies and gender-based violence,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>The PS urged young people to make informed choices and avoid drug and substance abuse, warning that such habits heighten vulnerability to HIV and other health risks.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.capitalfm.co.ke\/news\/files\/2025\/11\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-11-30-at-15.31.44.jpeg\"><\/a>Public Health PS Mary Muthoni leads Kenya\u2019s World AIDS Day 2025 commemoration, reaffirming the country\u2019s commitment to ending AIDS by 2030 under the theme \u201cOne Race, One Goal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As World AIDS Day activities rolled out across all 47 counties, Muthoni expressed solidarity with People Living with HIV and reiterated Kenya\u2019s pledge to end AIDS as a public health threat by 2030.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTogether, we are moving towards a healthier, safer future,\u201d she said.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nov 30 \u2013 Public Health and Professional Standards Principal Secretary Mary Muthoni says Kenya is making decisive progress in the fight against HIV, noting significant reductions in infections and deaths over the past two decades. Speaking as the country marked World AIDS Day 2025, the PS highlighted major national gains: a 72% decline in new [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-125664","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125664","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=125664"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125664\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=125664"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=125664"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=125664"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}