Kenya launches strategic plan to tackle non-communicable diseases

NAIROBI, June 6 (Xinhua) -- Kenya on Tuesday launched a strategic plan to tackle its non-communicable diseases (NCDs).

Issak Bashir, head of the Department of Family Health in the Ministry of Health, told journalists in Nairobi, the Kenyan capital, that the NCD Alliance Kenya's Strategic Plan 2023-2027 provides a roadmap toward contributing to the reduction of the preventable burden of morbidity, mortality and disability due to NCDs in Kenya.