Kenya has launched the TB Strategic Plan 2023-2028, featuring a community-centered Universal Health Coverage approach. “The plan aims to address the crisis by incorporating a community-centered Universal Health Coverage initiative. Kenya recorded progress of 32pc decline in TB incidence and a 42pc mortality reduction between 2015-2020. In 2022, Kenya recorded 90,841 TB cases, which accounts for only 68pc of all the detected TB cases and 756 anti-microbial resistant (AMR) cases. The PS noted that the launch of the TB Strategic Plan 2023/24-2027/28 marks a pivotal moment in Kenya’s fight against TB.

Source: Daily Nation January 22, 2024 18:41 UTC