Health CAS Dr Mercy Mwangangi giving updates on the status of Covid 19 in the country. She announced that over 800, 000 doses of AstraZeneca Covid vaccine have expired across the country.
About five million people in Kenya have kidney diseases at either mild, moderate, severe or chronic stages.
The government is also working to establish a kidney diseases technical working group.
Lack of knowledge by the general public about kidney diseases has been identified as the biggest challenge to kidney care in the country.
Speaking during celebrations to mark World Kidney Day at the Kenyatta National Hospital, Chief Administrative Secretary in the Ministry of Health, Dr Mercy Mwangangi, said for progress to be made in early detection and treatment of kidney diseases, there is need to create awareness on early detection of kidney diseases as well as how to prevent them.
