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Author: JUDAH BEN-HUR\u00a0<\/strong>
\nAfricaPress-Kenya:<\/strong> As the coronavirus scourge slowly ravages through the country, the Ministry of Health has continued to reinforce its flanks to ensure that the most vulnerable – those suffering from diseases such as Tuberculosis(TB), HIV\/ AIDs, hypertension and diabetes don\u2019t fall victim.<\/p>\n

Speaking at the daily Covid-19 briefing, CAS Dr. Rashid Aman presented the strategies the Ministry of Health has in ensuring that those suffering from TB are safe amid the spread of Covid-19.<\/p>\n

\u201cToday we are marking a milestone in the fight against TB in Kenya as we launch two policy documents to guide our efforts in ending Tb in the country,\u201d said Dr. Aman.<\/p>\n

The first policy documents will see Kenya adopt a new treatment regimen for the treatment of multiple drug-resistant TB which has been on a steady rise.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe regimen will be devoid of injection in line with World Health Organization(WHO) call to eliminate injectable from multiple drug-resistant TB treatment regimen\u00a0to improve treatment outcomes,\u201d explained Dr. Aman.<\/p>\n

The second policy document will focus on the treatment of latent TB which occurs when a person has the TB bacteria within their body, but the bacteria are present in very small numbers and does not show symptoms.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis will be offered to individual who are at risk of developing active TB, Preventive treatment has proven to be an effective intervention in curtailing the development of active TB disease, \u201csaid CAS Aman.<\/p>\n

\u201cLatent TB treatment is currently 4500 per treatment and I\u2019m committing here, to you, that I\u2019m working towards bringing that number down to just about Sh1500 per treatment,\u201d assured Gerald Macharia – Vice President of Clinton Health Access Initiative.<\/p>\n

The move comes at a time the government rolls up its sleeves to meet both the vision 2030 and sustainable development goals of ridding the country of the disease that is the fifth leading cause of death in Kenya and kills about 1.5 million people globally according to WHO.<\/p>\n

The news comes during the daily Covid-19 briefing as Kenya records 176 new positive covid-19 cases in the past 24 hours burgeoning the total number of cases to 6,366.<\/p>\n

Even though 26 patients have been discharged raising the total to 239, four Kenyans have also lost their lives to Covid-19 increasing the number of deaths to 148.<\/p>\n

100 of the cases reported in the past 24 hours are male while the youngest case is that of a three-year-old child and the oldest is 78 years.<\/p>\n

All the new cases are Kenyans.<\/p>\n

The CAS offered assurance of the Ministry of health working together with the country in the covid-response program to be able to balk the now growing community transmission.<\/p>\n

\u201cHealth being a devolved function and a responsibility of counties it makes sense that counties also be enabled to provide the appropriate response\u2026 the 28 facilities that are currently doing tests, quite a number of them are actually placed in the counties are facilitated by the national government\u201d said the CAS.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Author: JUDAH BEN-HUR\u00a0 AfricaPress-Kenya: As the coronavirus scourge slowly ravages through the country, the Ministry of Health has continued to reinforce its flanks to ensure that the most vulnerable – those suffering from diseases such as Tuberculosis(TB), HIV\/ AIDs, hypertension and diabetes don\u2019t fall victim. 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