{"id":184554,"date":"2024-05-30T07:51:12","date_gmt":"2024-05-30T07:51:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/05\/30\/health-ministry-refutes-reports-on-substandard-hiv-testing-kits\/"},"modified":"2024-05-30T07:51:12","modified_gmt":"2024-05-30T07:51:12","slug":"health-ministry-refutes-reports-on-substandard-hiv-testing-kits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/05\/30\/health-ministry-refutes-reports-on-substandard-hiv-testing-kits\/","title":{"rendered":"Health Ministry Refutes Reports on Substandard HIV Testing Kits"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-314567\" alt=\"\" width=\"876\" height=\"477\"  data-lazy- src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/cs-nakhumicha.jpg\"\/><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-314567\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/cs-nakhumicha.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"876\" height=\"477\"  \/>The Ministry of Health (MoH) has dismissed reports of substandard HIV testing kits in the country.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, Principal Secretary for Medical Services Harry Kimtai said these claims are untrue and reassured that the nation\u2019s progress in HIV response will not be undermined by misinformation.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThe Ministry of Health is deeply concerned about claims regarding the poor quality of HIV testing services in the country. It is important that the gains made in the response to HIV are not rolled back due to misinformation,\u201d<\/em> the PS said on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>PS Kimtai noted that the ministry\u2019s routine quality assurance proficiency tests play a major role in monitoring and safeguarding the quality of HIV testing services across Kenya.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThe WHO also supports member countries in global pharmacovigilance, and there is no advisory on the poor quality of HIV testing services in Kenya,\u201d<\/em> stated the Health PS.<\/p>\n<p>He assured Kenyans of the Ministry\u2019s unwavering commitment to providing access to the highest-quality health services and urged all citizens to continue seeking HIV testing at facilities nationwide.<\/p>\n<p>Kimtai also mentioned that in 2019, the World Health Organization (WHO) recommended using a three-test algorithm for HIV diagnosis, which Kenya has adopted.<\/p>\n<p>The Health PS said Kenya was among the first 10 countries to transition from a two-test algorithm to a three-test algorithm for accurate HIV diagnosis.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ministry of Health (MoH) has dismissed reports of substandard HIV testing kits in the country. In a statement, Principal Secretary for Medical Services Harry Kimtai said these claims are untrue and reassured that the nation\u2019s progress in HIV response will not be undermined by misinformation. \u201cThe Ministry of Health is deeply concerned about claims [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":184555,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-184554","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-kenya-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Health Ministry Refutes Reports on Substandard HIV Testing Kits - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/05\/30\/health-ministry-refutes-reports-on-substandard-hiv-testing-kits\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Health Ministry Refutes Reports on Substandard HIV Testing Kits - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Ministry of Health (MoH) has dismissed reports of substandard HIV testing kits in the country. 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