A report on HIV has shown that Nairobi currently has 29,000 commercial sex workers and 11,000 gay men.
“In Nairobi, we have 29,000 commercial sex workers, 11,000 men having sex with men and 7,000 injecting drugs, [and] all risk being infected by HIV,” said health executive Bernard Muia.
The report further showed that at least 170,000 people are currently living with HIV in the country’s capital.
Dr. Muia said that over the last decade, there has been a consistent decrease in the prevalence rate from a high of 14 per cent to 8 per cent.
The number of new infections in the county remains high at about 3,200 a year.
The main modes of HIV transmission in the city are through sex among heterosexual partners, and casual sex among gay men and between sex workers and their clients.
People who inject drugs also contribute a high number of new infections.
These four groups account for over 90 per cent of new infections, the report states.
