Water insecurity nearly quadruples odds of poor HIV outcomes, while hunger and partner violence compound risk in East Africa
Research presented at the 2026 International AIDS Conference indicates that water insecurity significantly worsens HIV treatment outcomes in East Africa. Women facing the combined risks of violence, food insecurity, and water scarcity are at a much higher risk of HIV acquisition.
Adults on HIV treatment in western Kenya who are experiencing water insecurity have nearly four times the odds of poor treatment outcomes, regardless of gender, researchers reported at the 26th International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2026) in Rio de Janeiro. In a separate Ugandan study presented in the same session, delegates heard that women facing intimate partner violence, food insecurity and water insecurity together acquired HIV at eighteen times the rate of women facing none of them.
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