Kenya’s Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission (PMTCT) and Children’s HIV Infections dashboard tracks the country’s efforts to prevent mothers from passing HIV to their babies and measures the resulting burden on children under 14.  

Kenya’s HIV epidemic continues to cast a long shadow over its youngest population, with 62,858 children under 14 living with the virus, 4,463 new child infections, and 2,688 child deaths, figures that point to persistent gaps in prevention and treatment.  

With only 4,661 mothers identified as needing PMTCT services against an average MTCT rate of 12.08 per cent, the data suggests that transmission from mother to child remains inadequately controlled. 

The report by the National Syndemic Diseases Control Council (NSDCC) published in 2025, examines the PMTCT landscape and child HIV burden across Kenya’s 47 counties, drawing on data from the National Syndemic Diseases Control Council (NSDCC). It explores where progress is being made, where critical service gaps remain, and which regions require the most urgent, targeted intervention. 

Migori County’s lead in new under-14 infections and Homa Bay County’s dominance in total child burden highlight the western Kenya lake region as a critical hotspot requiring urgent, targeted intervention, while counties like Samburu, Marsabit, and Wajir trail in PMTCT coverage, raising concerns about access in remote and arid areas. 

Closing these gaps will require a multi-pronged response: strengthening antenatal care uptake and ARV coverage for pregnant mothers to drive the MTCT rate toward elimination targets, deploying concentrated paediatric treatment resources in the Lake Victoria region, and expanding mobile health units and satellite clinics to reach underserved populations in Kenya’s northern and arid counties. 

Achieving that outcome consistently and equitably across all 47 counties demands sustained political will, community-led health delivery, and data-driven resource allocation. 

Data analytics and visualisation by Stanley Njihia