More than 250 Tuberculosis patients in Kuria West district risk having a drug resistant variant of the disease after Global Fund delayed paying funds to a local CBO. Community HIV/Aids Initiative based in Isebania town yesterday said the amount was supposed to be released in May under the TB and Leprosy grant. The amount was to go a long way in treating new contacts, trace defaulters and help to cure the disease before it becomes drug resistant. “We have tried severally to get the amount of releasing the U$19,000 (Sh1.6m) which was due to our project,” said chai's programme menager Linus...
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