KAIS 2007 1 - Kenya National AIDS & STI Control Programme ...

Figure 11.5b HIV-infected adults aged 15-64 years who live in a household that treatsits main source of drinking water, by province, Kenya 2007.Percent Living in Household withTreated Drinking Water (%)80604020046.041.4Nairobi Central26.342.864.2Coast Eastern North NyanzaEasternProvince31.3RiftValley34.845.4Western TotalFigure 11.5b The proportion of HIV-infected adults living in a household with treateddrinking water varied significantly by province.** Estimates not presented due to small denominators of less than 25 observations in this category.At the national level, 45.5% of HIV‐infected adults lived in households with treated drinkingwater. These rates varied significantly by province, with Nyanza province having the highestpercent of HIV‐infected adults (64.2%) with treated drinking water at home and Coast provincehaving the lowest (26.3%). HIV‐infected adults living in rural households were as likely to haveaccess to treated water as those living in urban households (47.3% and 40.9%, respectively) withno significant difference. Also, household access to treated water was similar for both HIVinfectedwomen and men (44.8% and 47.0%, respectively). Among HIV‐infected women whoreported they were pregnant at time of survey, 53.8% had access to treated drinking water athome.11.6 PREVENTIVE SERVICES FOR PEOPLE WITH HIV: BEDNETSThe GOK recommends that HIV‐infected persons protect themselves against malaria by sleepingevery night under an insecticide‐treated net (ITN). This practice is especially important for HIVinfectedpregnant women because malaria parasitaemia can increase the risk of maternal anaemia,low‐birth weight babies and infant mortality. The 2007 KAIS captured individual bednet usageduring the household interview; the household respondent reported whether each member sleptunder a bednet the night before the survey. General mosquito net use was defined as sleepingunder any mosquito net, treated or untreated. We define use of an ITN as sleeping under amosquito net that was manufactured with insecticide or treated with an insecticide in the past sixmonths within the home. Since Nairobi is largely urban and considered malaria free, analysesKAIS 2007 209