The government, through the Data Protection Commission, has commenced investigations to establish the authenticity of reports by Standard Media suggesting that the United States government took custody of critical health data.
Standard Group, in an article published on Thursday, March 27, revealed that the country's health sector was facing a major crisis after it emerged that the government did not have accurate data on critical diseases.
The Mombasa Road-based media house further disclosed that data on tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS, and immunisation could be lacking after the US withdrew funds for maintaining the systems that store this information.
According to the article, the decision by US President Donald Trump to withdraw up to Ksh140 million meant for maintaining the system affected critical systems essential for HIV care and treatment.
