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Health ministry under probe over illegal blood trade
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Pepfar cut funding last year, leaving the ministry in a dilemma on how to ensure blood supply is at an optimum.
Pepfar, the cornerstone of US global health assistance, wanted to ensure quality assurance in HIV/Aids programmes in the country.
KNBTS records show these services were once done in hospitals, and it was cumbersome to ensure the transfused blood was “clean” of diseases.
The Directorate of Criminal Investigations is investigating staff in the Ministry of Health over claims of illegal trade in donated blood.
Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe said there are claims that staff in the Health ministry sell donated blood outside Kenya.
