Kenya: Healthcare threatened by political crisis

Victims of post election violence nurse their wounds at a hospital in the capital, Nairobi. (Image: Julius Mwelu/IRIN)

"The most worrying issue is that of drug resistance among patients of chronic diseases," Ian van Engelgem, the medical coordinator of Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), told IRIN on 5 February.

He said HIV and Tuberculosis (TB) patients who had missed out on their regular medication for up to a month due to displacement and violence could develop resistance to the drugs.

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