Jane Akinyi (right) holding her baby while a medic adminster a Bacillus Calmette-Guerin vaccine(BCG) vaccine at Forest Dispensary in Nakuru on January 28,2019.Most of the hospitals in the county are facing shortage of the vaccine. [Kipsang Joseph/Standard]
A nationwide shortage of Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) vaccines is leaving Kenyan newborns vulnerable to Tuberculosis (TB), a disease with high prevalence, health experts have warned.