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Coverage also varied significantly by age group, education level, and marital status. Theseestimates are provided in Appendix B.10.Figure 10.3c Estimated number of HIV-infected adults aged 15-64 years taking and nottaking cotrimoxazole by province, <strong>Kenya</strong> <strong>2007</strong>.Nairobi25,000 159,000Central 15,00080,000Taking CotrimoxazoleNot Taking CotrimoxazoleCoast 6,000140,000ProvinceEasternNorth Eastern9,000129,000Nyanza*68,000349,000Rift Valley24,000280,000Western19,00096,0000 100,000 200,000 300,000 400,000 500,000Population EstimateFigure 10.3c The estimated number of HIV-infected people taking cotrimoxazolevaried by province. Nyanza had the greatest number of adults taking and not takingcotrimoxazole. Central had the lowest number of adults not taking cotrimoxazole, andCoast had the lowest numbers of adults taking cotrimoxazole.*Estimates not presented due to small denominators of less than 25 observations in this category.Nationwide, there were an estimated 172,000 HIV‐infected adults taking daily cotrimoxazole (orSeptrin) compared with over 1.25 million not taking cotrimoxazole.Nyanza province had the greatest number of HIV‐infected adults taking cotrimoxazole, estimatedat 68,000 persons, followed by Nairobi with 25,000 and Rift Valley with an estimated 24,000persons taking cotrimoxazole. Coast province had the fewest estimated number of HIV‐infectedadults taking cotrimoxazole, estimated at 6,000 persons, followed by Eastern province with anestimated 9,000 persons taking cotrimoxazole.Nyanza and Rift Valley provinces combined are home to over half (52.3%) of adults with HIV andhad the greatest number of HIV‐infected persons not on cotrimoxazole. In Nyanza province, anestimated 349,000 HIV‐infected adults were not taking cotrimoxazole, and in Rift Valley province,an estimated 280,000 were not on cotrimoxazole.<strong>KAIS</strong> <strong>2007</strong> 185

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