Supply HIV test kits to hospitals immediately

Hiv Testing Services provider Irene Marete displays the test kit at the North Star Alliance- Mlolongo Wellness Centre. [David Gichuru, Standard]

Reports of a serious shortage of HIV testing kits and condoms in some public health facilities should be taken with utmost seriousness.

Hospitals in Makueni County were the first to complain about the acute shortage. But now it has emerged that other counties, among them Homa Bay, Mombasa, Bomet, Kilifi, Siaya and Kwale are also facing the same problem.