Why HIV Spreads Faster Among Gays

As the world marks the World Aids Day, the gay community in Kenya is at the centre of the theories about new HIV infections.

While there is a general concern over the high cases of new HIV infections among married couples, the fact that 60 per cent of men having sex with men (MSM) in Kenya are also having sex with women, appears to make them vulnerable to two sources of infection.

“These are married men, perhaps with a girlfriend, but are also involved in sexual relations with men,” explained David Kuria, manager of the Gay and Lesbian Coalition of Kenya (GALK). The coalition brings together five homosexual groups.

Mr Kuria is also concerned that if programmes to fight Aids are not extended to gays, then, “the war against Aids in Kenya may be difficult to win.”

In some places the virus is circulating fast among married men in gay relationships. “They either bring the virus with them into their network and circulate it, or carry it from their network to their spouses and girlfriends,” Mr Kuria said.

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