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Kenya: Kenya Runs Out of Syrup for Infants With HIV
Nation, 8 May 2021
Children with HIV will have to go back to taking pellets after the country ran out of the syrup, following the current shortage of antiretroviral drugs in the country, the Nation… Read more »
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Kenya: U.S. Mulls Moving ARVs Stuck at Port to Another Country
Nation, 5 May 2021
The United States is considering moving the antiretroviral drugs that have been stuck at the Port of Mombasa for close to four months to another country, a move that could deal a… Read more »
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GFO, 4 May 2021
People living with HIV in Kenya are worried about the dwindling supplies of antiretroviral drugs (ARVs) in the country. This has been brought about by a shortage in the… Read more »
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Kenya: CS Kagwe Denies U.S.Involvement in Kemsa Appointments, Commits to Graft Probe
Capital FM, 30 April 2021
Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe has denied the involvement of the US Government in recent changes effected at the Kenya Medical Supplies Agency (KEMSA). Read more »
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Kenya: Health Ministry Probes Toxic ARVs Released By Kemsa to Kenyans
Nairobi News, 29 April 2021
The Ministry of Health is investigating individuals at the Kenya Medical Supplies Agency (Kemsa) believed to have released toxic antiretroviral drugs to Kenyans. Read more »
Kenya Runs Out of Testing Kits, Syrup for Infants Living With HIV
The Council of Governors and the Global Fund has admitted that Lopinavir/Ritonavir syrup is out of stock and that the country is awaiting emergency supplies. Children with HIV will have to go back to taking pellets, following the current shortage of the antiretroviral drugs. It has also emerged that HIV testing kits, dual kits for testing for HIV and syphilis, Dolutegravir/Lamivudine/Tenofovir viral load testing kits and paediatric Lopinavir/Ritonavir were some of the items in short supply. Stocks of ARV drugs have been lying at the Port of Mombasa for close to four months because the health ministry and USAID have failed to agree on who is going to distribute the drugs.
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