Preliminary findings of a government survey released on Thursday show that Kenya may have a lower HIV/AIDS prevalence rate than was previously thought.
The latest Kenya Demographic and Health Survey, which is conducted every five years, suggested that 6.7 percent of Kenyans were HIV-positive compared to the ministry of health's 2003 estimate of 9.4 percent.
In an interview with the Associated Press, Dr Kevin DeCock, the local director of the US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, called the new figures "the best HIV/AIDS statistics in Kenya to date".
The survey also marked the first time that HIV prevalence statistics were collected from the general population of Kenya.
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