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Stock-outs of drugs, lack of prioritisation hindrance to ending sickle cell by 2030

When Suvy Amadi was born, she was a bubbly baby. But after two months, she started having a 'strange illness.'

Amadi, aged 34, hails from Mumias East constituency in Kakamega county. Her health deteriorated to the extent that she required a blood transfusion. Some locals attributed her condition to 'witchcraft.'

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