Keeping Kenya's Next Generation HIV-Free

August 12, 2009

It's a struggle at the very heart of Kenya's health problems: keeping young people HIV-free. Local leaders and health workers are working desperately to educate the next generation on precautionary measures to keep them safe from the disease which has devastated an entire generation of Africans.

The full delegation is heading out to an HIV-Free Generation Youth Center to observe this important public-private partnership in action. Read more about the HIV-Free Generation partnership here:

In a new partnership coordinated by the U.S. Government through the U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), leaders from the private sector are joining forces with the public sector and non-governmental organizations to revolutionize HIV prevention for youth through the Partnership for an HIV-Free Generation (HIV-Free Generation).

"A key challenge in the fight against global AIDS is the ongoing need for innovation in HIV prevention. Over 7,000 people a day are newly infected with HIV worldwide," said Ambassador Mark Dybul, U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator. "The Partnership for an HIV-Free Generation brings together an unprecedented coalition to address HIV prevention for youth. Initially in Kenya, this alliance combines PEPFAR's technical and programmatic capacity with the expertise of the private sector in messaging, branding, new technologies, and real-time market research to promote and maintain behavior change."