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In Kisumu, a town with a generalized HIV/AIDS epidemic, the high AIDS mortality leads to frequent disco funerals. Because many adolescents are having unprotected, transactional, or coerced sex at these occasions, disco funerals might contribute to the high HIV prevalence among youth, especially among adolescent girls. HIV interventions urgently need to include outreach actions to youth who hang out at disco funerals and link up with parents and funeral organizers to reduce risk situations.

This study was an extraordinary learning experience, and the participation of the community members, health providers and other community influentials, whose views and experiences, which form the core of this report, is acknowledged with much appreciation. Their views and experiences have greatly helped in the formulation of recommendations for feasible and effective interventions.