A survey conducted by the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics on the health demographics of Kenyans shows that more women than men have been tested for HIV/AIDS.
The survey was conducted among men and women ages 15 to 49 across the country.
According to the ministry of health HIV testing services function as the entry point to HIV prevention, care, and treatment, thus important.
The survey showed "a greater percentage of women (85%) than men (73%) have ever been tested for HIV".
The survey also showed that "in the 12 months preceding the survey, 47% of women and 39% of men were tested for HIV and received the results of the last test".
The percentages of respondents who were tested in the last 12 months and received their results also varied in the counties.
Mandera county recorded a five per cent low of women who went to get tested while Turkana recorded a high percentage at 72 of women who got tested.
For men, the lowest county with those tested was Tana River and Wajir at 15 per cent while Kisumu recorded a 59 per cent high of those tested.
On HIV knowledge and prevention, the survey showed that only slightly more than half of young people in Kenya know about HIV prevention with 54 per cent being women while 55 per cent are men.
Additionally, "knowledge of prevention is lowest among respondents aged 15–17 and among those who have never had sex".
44 per cent of youth aged 15 to 17 have little knowledge of HIV prevention.
"Young women and men in urban areas are more likely than their counterparts in rural areas to have knowledge about HIV prevention," the survey spelt.
