Focused on fighting the Covid-19 pandemic, Kenya is running out of antiretroviral drugs. Public hospitals are particularly affected. A dramatic situation for the many people infected with VIH.
Covid-19 is not the only deadly virus. In Kenya, in particular, HIV remains a scourge. The concentration of efforts in the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic is not without consequences for the rest of the health system. HIV patients are being neglected and some hospitals are already facing a shortage of treatment for the disease. A situation denounced by activist Jacqueline Wambui. On World Health Day, April 7, she called for “Don’t forget about HIV”, in the Kenyan daily The Standard.
“Kenya is currently facing a shortage of antiretroviral drugs in some health facilities”, warns Jacqueline Wambui in the columns of the Standard. According to the activist, the Covid-19 pandemic and the changes it imposes in health policy are at the origin of the shortage:
There is an interruption in healthcare services caused by the lockdowns and the conversion of some HIV treatment clinics into Covid-19 vaccination centers. ”
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