Cancer, diabetes drugs lowered to Sh100 monthly from December

Health secretary James Macharia (left) exchanges documents with Novartis chairman Joerg Reinhardt after signing an MoU on low-cost drugs at the Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi on October 15, 2015. PHOTO | GERALD ADERSON

Patients suffering from breast cancer, diabetes and heart diseases will buy drugs at Sh103 ($1) a month in a programme launched by pharmaceutical giant Novartis.

The low-cost drugs will be available from mid-December in government and private hospitals, easing the burden on households.

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