The National AIDS and STI’s Control Programme (NASCOP) was established in 1987 to spearhead the Ministry of Health’s interventions on the fight against HIV/AIDS.
NASCOP therefore operates as a Unit within the Ministry of Health and is mainly involved with technical co-ordination of HIV and AIDS programmes in Kenya. NASCOP contributes to the bulk of the implementation of the Kenya Aids Strategic Framework (KASF) 2014-2019Since the first case was detected in the country in 1984, HIV and AIDS have had a devastating impact on all sectors of the Kenyan society. At the height of the HIV epidemic, HIV prevalence was at 30% among some populations in this country. The Kenyan government declared HIV/AIDS a national disaster in 1999, resulting in a national move towards creating awareness and advocacy for prevention of new infections.
Over time we have seen progress, with HIV prevalence now stabilizing at 6%, although the number of new infections still remains high.
