Arv shortage in Kenya

 Kenya is experiencing an acute shortage of Antiretroviral  (ARV) drugs which has hit public hospitals, greatly affecting people living with HIV/Aids.

The shortage comes just months after the World Health Organization (WHO) said nearly 70 countries were at risk of running out of HIV/Aids drugs due to the COVID-19 pandemic that has interrupted supplies.

Now persons with HIV are having to endure reduced doses, with children and unborn babies particularly poised to suffer the most from a Sh90 million tax stand-off between Kenya and a US importer of ARVs, USAID.

The Government has focussed too much on issues if covid -19 forgetting that as citizens we have other issues which are far much important. I am not saying that corona is not important and emergency but the government need to come up with ways of balancing and ensuring that every situation is handles.

As Kenyans we have problems such as poverty, teenage pregnancies, earl marriages, female genital mutilation, wife inheritance,dependency syndrom among others which are hindering us from developing.

As a result, the Cso in Kenya has called on  the state to urgently instruct the foreign affairs, health and finance ministries to solve the diplomatic matter between Kenya and USAID.

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