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Where are the vaccines? Parents raise concern over shortage

Jane Akinyi (right) holding her baby while a medic administer a Bacillus Calmette-Guerin vaccine (BCG) vaccine at Forest Dispensary in Nakuru on January 28, 2019. [Kipsang Joseph, Standard]

Kenya is facing a shortage of BCG and polio vaccines that has gone on for months, leaving parents frustrated and desperate.

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