THE World Bank has approved a $50m interest-free credit to help Kenya improve its health care sector and step up the campaign against Aids. The bank described HIV/Aids as a “development crisis,” noting that the prevalence rate for HIV among people in Kenya 15 to 49 years old has been increasing an average of 11% a year since 1990, reaching 13.9% in 1999. The funds will help authorities decentralise medical services, expand the scope of anti-Aids activities and promote reproductive health. – AFP