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| Dr Eric Rutto of Reale Hospital administers a Viral Hepatitis B vaccination to a patient at the Eldoret District Hospital on the 22nd July 2014. The vaccination drive is a partnership between the Kenya Medical Research Institute (Kemri), Ministry of Health and other stakeholders in awareness campaigns to combat Viral Hepatitis B (HBV) prevalence in the country. [PHOTOS BY: KEVIN TUNOI] |
NAIROBI: Kenyans in their millions dread HIV, the infectious virus responsible for Aids. However, the dreaded scourge is being shoved aside by a more lethal virus infecting Kenyans and putting millions of lives at great risk.
It is now official that Hepatitis, which primarily attacks the liver causing cancer or liver failure, is three times more infectious than HIV, which was declared a national disaster in Kenya more than a decade ago.
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