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Among HIV‐uninfected women, 71.2% reported wanting to delay pregnancy by two or moreyears; 45.6% of these women were using modern contraception.Blood safetyNationwide, an estimated 2.3% of adults reported donating blood in the year prior to the survey;among these adults, 48.3% reported they were approached by a blood transfusion service, themajority of which fall within the <strong>Kenya</strong> <strong>National</strong> Blood Transfusion Service network. Of theremainder, 40.4% of participants reported that a family or friend asked them to donate, mostlikely as a family/replacement donor. The majority of adults who reported donating blood in theyear prior to the survey were men: 69.2% of male donors reported they had been requested todonate by a blood transfusion service, and 81.4% were requested by friends orfamily. Among donors who were requested to donate by a blood transfusion service, 69.2% wereunder 25 years of age. By comparison, persons who were requested to donate by family orfriends were older, with 60.9% aged 30 years or older. HIV prevalence among persons whoreported donating blood in the year before the survey was 4.7% and differed marginally by sourceof donation request. Among donors who had received a request to donate to a blood transfusionservice, the prevalence was 2.5% compared to 7.4% among persons who reported donating for afamily or friend.KEY FINDINGS: HIV CARE AND TREATMENT• Among all HIV-infected persons in <strong>KAIS</strong>, cotrimoxazole coverage was low at 12.1%. Lowcoverage was associated with low awareness of HIV status. Among HIV-infected personswho were aware of their HIV status, 76.1% reported taking daily cotrimoxazole.• Among all HIV-infected persons with a CD4 cell count of

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