The Kenyan government in conjunction with World Health Organisation has been in the forefront in ensuring HIV and Aids victims get accommodated into their societies with no or little discrimination.
Unfortunately, this vulnerable group is still living with physical and emotional stigma with the slums being most hit by the vice. A recent survey conducted by the Ministry of Health revealed that women suffering from the viral disease are the most sidelined by their local communities, heightening the state of psychological instability.
The government has gone to the extent of offering free anti-retroviral drugs and even giving occasional stipends to ease the side hustles these people go through but the society still perpetuates mental torture to HIV patients.
In the 2016 HIV and Aids monitor report, 73 percent of people living with the virus were reported to be facing discrimination from their community. Among the seventy-three percent, a third of them are men and they indicated that they suffered open bias in accessing communal services like being give a chance to speak in public forums.
The report recommends that the society ought to treat people living with HIV in a humane manner given the already agonizing experiences they are going through. In doing this, the society will give the victims hope and a feeling of love hence placing their body immune in a better position to fight the virus.