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Kisumu health workers’ strike cripples malaria, cancer vaccines plans

Kisumu county director of health Dr Dickens Onyango has said the county would resort to alternative channels to administer the cervical cancer vaccine if the strike extends to October. [Collins Oduor, Standard]

The ongoing health workers’ strike is threatening to paralyse an anti-malaria vaccine programme for children.

The strike has also put plans to administer a cervical cancer vaccine to girls aged 10 in jeopardy.

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