Busia County government has launched a Viral Load Molecular Laboratory and HB Electrophoresis equipment to help in the fight against HIV.
The machines that have been installed at Busia County Referral Hospital are expected to serve over 40,000 recipients in the County, 20,000 in Vihiga County, and additional transit recipients in Siaya, Bungoma, Kakamega Counties, and also neighboring Uganda.
Busia County Deputy Governor Arthur Odera revealed that Busia County Referral Hospital has joined the National EID/VL network of labs totaling now to 14 and becomes the fourth county lab to launch EID/VL Molecular testing after Coast Provincial General Hospital, Migori County Referral Hospital, and Kisumu County Referral Hospital.
Odera said the initiative is one of the efforts that aim at eliminating HIV among children by 2027.
