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    Factors enhancing vulnerability to HIV and AIDS to residents of central division, Moyale district Kenya
    (2014-03-07) Masinde, David; Mwanzo, I.; Kabiru, Ephantus W.
    The global pandemic of HIV and AIDS has now entered its third decade. It is now estimated that more than 33 million people are living with HIV and AIDS worldwide and 6800 and over 5700 new infections and deaths reported each day respectively, imposing a high burden on health infrastructure and continuing to reverse decades of hard-earned economic and social development gains. In sub Sahara Africa, the most severely affected region in the world, more than 60% of hospital beds, are occupied by persons with HfV related diseases. It has been widely recognized that in order to haveeffective prevention programmes for HIV and AIDS, the broader determinants of health must be addressed. The purpose of the study was to establish factors enhancing vulnerability to HIV and AIDS among residents of Central Division, Moyale District. A descriptive cross sectional study design was employed and data collected using questionnaires, key Informant Interviews and Focus Group Discussion. Data was analyzed using SPSS. A total of 318 respondents were recruited from 7 randomly selected sub locations. Slightly over 59.4% of respondents were male, and 40.6% were female. About 55.8% had attained secondary level education, 22.6% primary level, ] 9.4% tertiary level and 2.1% had not received any formal education. The study found out that there was generally low level of knowledge towards HlY and AIDS in the study area. A positive correlation between attitude arid knowledge was revealed in the study (a = 0.446, p