Kenya Reports Significant Progress in Prevention of Violence against Children and Youth from 2010 to 2019

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Kenya has had significant declines in sexual, physical, and emotional violence against children and youth between the 2010 and 2019 Violence Against Children and Youth Survey (VACS). Since 2010, Kenya has used VACS data to guide prevention of violence as well as HIV and AIDS as part of the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). The 2019 Kenya VACS, a repeat survey of the 2010 VACS, was led by the Government of Kenya and CDC as part of a partnership with Together for Girls. VACS is a national household survey that measures sexual, physical, and emotional, violence in children and youth ages 13 to 24.