RESULTS AND STORIES

In Mumias East, MTAA has 1500 members (2017). After training, groups have been formed in which members support each other to perpetuate their changed behaviour. MTAA has the following target groups: discordant couples (a partner HIV-negative, the other HIV-positive), youth couples, HIV-negative groups, widow groups and – since 2016 – adolescents. Figures from the City Council show that, in Mumias East, the prevalence of HIV is 2.7% whereas the prevalence in Mumias West is 4.6%. The average in Kakamega County is 5.9%. MTAA has, considering the total population, trained a relatively small number of people. The small percentage of HIV infections in Mumias East evidently shows that trained MTAA members have a strong influence on their environment.   

  Encouraging data are:

  • HIV positive members accept and support each other;
  • Mutual financial support;
  • Members show their knowledge and change of behaviour in situations where many people get together, for example at funerals, extending the results of their training;
  • Within groups, except for one, all members have kept their HIV status; no new infections have occurred;
  • Agricultural activities form an important part; they are attended by government officials.

Read here some of the lessons learnt from the past years. Or find out the the succes story of a discordant couple.

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