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Jane Akinyi (right) holding her baby while a medic adminsters a Bacillus Calmette–Guérin vaccine (BCG) vaccine at Forest Dispensary in Nakuru. [Kipsang Joseph/Standard]
Mothers giving birth are worried about the health of their newborns following an acute shortage of Bacillus Calmette- Guerin (BCG) jab that has hit the country.
The shortage has been reported for the past one and half months, an issue that might put new born babies into danger of contracting Tuberculosis (TB) if intervention will not be worked on.
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