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Fake drugs, shortages and high costs major threat to access to medicine, CS Barasa

When Ministry of Health PS Mary Muthoni and Cabinet Secretary Deborah Barasavisited Kenyatta National Hospital's maternity ward in Nairobi on January 16, 2025. [Kanyiri Wahito, Standard]

Many patients across the country are increasingly facing a dire shortage of essential medicines, particularly for cancer treatment, while also contending with the growing menace of counterfeit and substandard drugs.

Health Cabinet Secretary Dr Deborah Barasa on Thursday said the situation, exacerbated by financial constraints and inefficiencies in medicine procurement has put the country's healthcare system under immense pressure.

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