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Skilled deliveries, antenatal care and antiretroviral therapy for HIV and malaria remained unaffected. [iStockphoto]
The Covid-19 pandemic greatly affected the testing for HIV, TB, malaria and cervical cancer besides reducing the number of patients reporting to health facilities in Kenya, a recent study reveals.
The healthcare workers' strike that coincided with the pandemic only made matters worse, says the study published recently in the Lancet Global Health Journal.
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