Lack of information locks Kenyan patients to costly cancer drug purchases

A medic displays cancer drugs at a Nyeri hospital on September 26, 2019.

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Thousands of cancer patients, including those with blood and breast cancer, could be spending up to Sh300,000 a month on some drugs that are available for free at select public and private hospitals.

Kenya has been part of the Max Access Solutions Programme—an international humanitarian drug access partnership for two decades, which supplies high-cost targeted cancer therapies to eligible patients free of charge.

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