World AIDS Day 2026 · #OneRace #OneGoal
WAD 2026 Half Marathon
PROTECT | PREVENT | EMPOWER
Ending AIDS Among Children, Adolescents and Young People. Join Kenya’s flagship World AIDS Day half marathon, with integrated health services, a kids’ festival and a youth colour festival.
Race Categories
5 races, one goal. Every individual entry is KES 1,000 and includes a T-shirt, medal, bib and certificate.
Half Marathon
Competitive race for professional and experienced runners
Road Race
Accessible race for amateur and experienced runners
Wheelchair Race
Inclusive competitive race for wheelchair athletes
Family, Corporate & Policy Makers Race
For families, corporate teams and policy makers
Children Fun Run
For children
Every step represents Kenya's commitment to ensuring that every child and young person can grow, thrive and reach their full potential — free from HIV, violence, discrimination and preventable health risks.
Protect, Prevent, Empower
Ending AIDS Among Children, Adolescents and Young People. This year's theme reflects Kenya's commitment to protecting the health, wellbeing and future of its children and young people. It aligns with the pillars of the Global Alliance to end AIDS among children, adolescents and young people.
Protect
Close the treatment gap by ensuring early identification, timely linkage to care, and sustained treatment support for pregnant and breastfeeding adolescent girls and women living with HIV, to eliminate vertical transmission and protect every child from HIV.
Prevent
Accelerate efforts to reduce new HIV infections among mothers, children, adolescents and young people through strengthened prevention, testing, linkage services, and access to comprehensive combination prevention interventions.
Empower
Equip children, adolescents and young people with the knowledge, skills and confidence to make informed health choices through equitable access to quality, youth-friendly HIV prevention, treatment, care and support services.
Why Children, Adolescents and Young People?
Kenya has cut new HIV infections by more than half since 2021. But children and young people still account for most new infections, and children are dying at more than twice the rate of adults.
Source: Kenya HIV Estimates, 2026.
“Children continue to experience the slowest decline in new HIV infections.”
Goal & Objectives
To inspire collective responsibility and sustained action to protect children, adolescents and young people, prevent new HIV infections, and empower them to lead healthy lives, so that AIDS ends as a public health threat by 2030.
- Increase public awareness of HIV prevention, testing, treatment, care and support among children, adolescents, young people, families and communities.
- Mobilize national and county stakeholders to strengthen coordinated action on HIV and the Triple Threat.
- Expand access to integrated, inclusive and youth-responsive health services through medical camps, screening, referral and linkage to care.
- Reduce HIV-related stigma, discrimination, gender inequalities and other social or structural barriers to services.
- Promote physical activity, wellness, social cohesion and the meaningful participation of adolescents, young people and people with disabilities.
Get Involved
Run, give or partner with us. Every contribution helps end AIDS among children, adolescents and young people.
Corporate & Clubs Registration
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- T-shirt
- Medal
- Bib
- Certificate
Package overview
- Brand exposure
- Engagement with the marathon community
- Employee team building
- Positive public relations
- Association with a worthy cause
- Participation in the corporate race competition
No smartphone? Register by phone:
- Select Make Payment
- Enter Service Code: WADT
- Reference: Your Name
- Enter the amount you wish to spend on purchasing a T-shirt
Partner With Us
The WAD 2026 Sponsorship Matrix puts your brand in front of runners, spectators and national and county audiences across Kenya.
- Lead logo on all race shirts and bibs
- Logo on publicity materials and print and digital media adverts
- Exclusive medal-ribbon branding
- Route branding
- Premium exhibition booth
- Remarks at the National Event
- Special mention in the National and all 47 County commemoration events
- 200 registration entries
- Logo on race shirts and bibs
- Logo on publicity materials and print and digital media adverts
- Exclusive medal-ribbon branding
- Special mention in the National and all 47 County commemoration events
- Route branding
- Exhibition booth
- 100 registration entries
- Logo on race shirts and bibs
- Route branding
- Special mention in the National and all 47 County commemoration events
- Exhibition booth
- 50 registration entries
- Logo on race shirts and bibs
- Route branding
- Exhibition booth
- 30 registration entries
Exhibit at WAD 2026
Book a standard exhibition booth at Nyayo National Stadium and showcase your organisation to thousands of runners, families and partners on race day. Choose your exhibitor category and pay online in minutes.
- Food & Beverage
- Health & Medical
- Pharmaceutical
- Community Organisations
- Sports & Fitness
- Technology
- and more
Countrywide Commemoration — 1 December 2026
After the national half marathon, county governments and partners will hold activities in all 47 counties to promote HIV prevention, strengthen access to services, address social barriers and mobilize communities.
- County races and community mobilization events
- HIV progress review and accountability forums
- Candle-lighting ceremonies and memorial vigils
- Integrated medical camps and health screening services
- Tree-growing and environmental conservation activities
- Community dialogues and peer-to-peer engagements
- Strategic media engagement
- Social support packages — dignity packs and food rations for vulnerable populations
Kenya has the data, the frameworks, and the capacity. A child born HIV-positive today is not facing a biological certainty, but a set of gaps which we have both the tools and the responsibility to close.
World AIDS Day 2026 provides an opportunity to close them. #OneRace #OneGoal
Our Partners & Sponsors
Proudly supported by organizations committed to ending AIDS among children, adolescents and young people.
For more information contact wad@nsdcc.go.ke