By Mercy Imali
The Ministry of Health has confirmed there are adequate supplies of ARV medicine stocks for Prevention of HIV Mother to Child Transmission of HIV in public health facilities.
Speculations were rife that the government is facing a shortage of ARVs medicine causing worry among HIV patients.
Health Cabinet Secretary Sicily Kariuki confirmed that there are 69,000 bottles of Nevirapine syrup available in all public facilities. She added that more bottles of196, 000 Nevirapine syrup are expected to arrive in the country by July.
Her statement read, “The country has 38,000 bottles of Zidovudine syrup enough which will last up to September with an additional batch of 80,000 bottles expected by next month.”
She added that replenishment of stock is ongoing to ensure uninterrupted supply of ARVs for Prevention Mother to Child Transmission of HIV.