Mutahi Kagwe announces new measures to tame blood cartels
New measures come amid a biting shortage of blood in public hospitals, a crisis the Mutahi Kagwe blamed on cartels in his ministry.
Blood transfusion: Bloody affair as Sabina bill set for debate
Blood transfusion in Kenya has faced chronic funding shortages over the years, and relied almost entirely on donor support. This has resulted in the country being perennially short of blood, losing many lives that could have been saved. Murang’a Woman Representative Sabina Wanjiru Chege, is set to introduce into Parliament a bill aimed at completely […]
Blood transfusion: Bloody affair as Sabina bill set for debate
Blood transfusion in Kenya has faced chronic funding shortages over the years, and relied almost entirely on donor support. This has resulted in the country being perennially short of blood, losing many lives that could have been saved. Murang’a Woman Representative Sabina Wanjiru Chege, is set to introduce into Parliament a bill aimed at completely […]
Wang’endo: Kenya’s undoing is over-reliance on donor funding
For the last two years, the Committee of Blood Donation and Transfusion Stakeholders has been working all out to try and birth a blood transfusion service in the country that is well resourced and sustainable after years of complete dependence on donors. That task has now assumed emergency proportions with the withdrawal of donor funding, […]
Wang’endo: Kenya’s undoing is over-reliance on donor funding
For the last two years, the Committee of Blood Donation and Transfusion Stakeholders has been working all out to try and birth a blood transfusion service in the country that is well resourced and sustainable after years of complete dependence on donors. That task has now assumed emergency proportions with the withdrawal of donor funding, […]
Expert advocates for modern blood transfusion system
Patrick Mwangi Kenya needs to move blood transfusion system to the modern technology which enables collection of specific blood components directly from donors, an expert has said. In Kenya, the practice is the whole blood donation. According to Dr Peter Mwamba, this is wasteful, and the modern practice globally is to give the right component […]