Effectiveness of Voluntary Counseelling and Testing in the Fight against HIV/AIDS among the Youth: A Case Study of Thika District

Abstract

Despite many initiatives to combat HIV/AIDS many youth continue to die and the number of orphans continue to increase. The old are taking care of the youth while in reality they are the ones who should be taken care of. The youth perceive themselves at no risk of HIV/AIDS. They believe that they will not be harmed; they do not imagine that they will come into contact with someone infected with the virus. They view HIV/AIDS as someone else disease like of the gay men and drug users. It is unfortunate that very few youth seek VCT services. This study then is timely as it seeks to find out why the youth do not visit the VCT centers, how effective are the current VCT centers and what needs to be done to make them more effective.

DOI: 10.5901/mjss.2014.v5n5p241