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Shortage of HIV testing kits risk infections of newborns

Dr Catherine Ngugi Head National Aids & STI control program speaking during Misha HIV Aids conference 2021. [Wilberforce Okwiri, Standard]

Kenya risks reversal of gains made in the prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV, as the country faces an acute shortage of HIV testing kits.

Health stakeholders have decried that mothers are delivering newborns without undergoing mandatory testing, as per HIV prevention guidelines due to lack of kits.

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