Kenya steps up immunization to tame killer diseases

NAIROBI, April 26 (Xinhua) -- Kenya's Ministry of Health said Wednesday that it had stepped up vaccination targeting vulnerable groups like children and women in order to reduce deaths linked to infectious and non-communicable diseases

Susan Nakhumicha, cabinet secretary in the Ministry of Health, said during the launch of World Immunization Week in Nairobi, the Kenyan capital, that there are plans to upscale routine immunization coverage to 100 percent up from the current 80 percent.