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Sickle cell patients call for reduced treatment cost
Mombasa residents mark a past Sickle Cell Day. Patients have decried high treatment costs. PHOTO | GIDEON MAUNDU | NATION MEDIA GROUP
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- Ms Anne Kendagor, a programme officer in the ministry, said the kits were available but had not yet been distributed to some health facilities countrywide.
The national government has been asked to make sickle cell disease testing kits and treatment affordable to all patients.
The call was made during an awareness forum on the disease held at Kisumu’s Aga Khan Hall. The meeting brought together patients, individuals involved in the war on the non-communicable disease, Health ministry officials and other health stakeholders.
