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Oparanya secures Sh1.2b for HIV initiatives
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Benard Lusigi and Nathan Ochunge | April 1st 2021 at 12:00:00 GMT +0300
Kakamega Governor Wycliffe Oparanya (right) signs a donor funding deal to support HIV/Aids programmes. [Mumo Munuve, Standard]
The County Government of Kakamega has inked a Sh1.2 billion deal with the United States Agency for International Development (USAid) for funding of HIV/Aids programmes.
Governor Wycliffe Oparanya said the deal would benefit more than 47,000 HIV/Aids patients in 12 sub-counties.
The memorandum of understanding was signed on Monday, and will see his administration receive Sh240 million towards the initiative annually for five years.
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From 5,250 reported cases of cervical cancer in Kenya last year, 3,286 women died, making it the top killer variant among women.
But the study at the Nairobi Cancer Registry at the Kenya Medical Research Institute and Eldoret Registry at the Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital (MTRH) found that Kenya offers the best cervical cancer care in Sub-Saharan Africa. The study compared the quality of care in nine African countries.
“By country, the proportion of patients receiving cancer treatment with curative potential varied from four per cent in Maputo (Mozambique) to 49 per cent in Nairobi.”
Overall, the study decries the low survival rates in Africa at 29 per cent, five years after treatment compared with 67 per cent in the US.
By yesterday, Dr Aruasa said, the facility was managing 15 Covid-19 patients in its isolation ward, down from over 100 in late November.
He also reported that 10 patients were under home based care after many recovered towards the end of 2020.
“An average 25 patients are evaluated daily at our Covid-19 evaluation area,” he said.
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Dr Aruasa said the hospital was hoping coronavirus vaccination would start earlier in the new year.
On Wednesday the North Rift region recorded one Covid-19 case from Uasin Gishu County.
“It is not time to drop our guard. We must continue with preventive measures as we look forward to the rolling out of mass vaccination exercise by the Ministry of Health,” said Aruasa.
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