By MWINGI TIMES CORRESPONDENT
Kitui county has emerged the best in a national ranking in the fight against tuberculosis, leprosy and lung disease. The devolved unit ranked the first in the 2024 Division of National Tuberculosis, Leprosy and Lung Disease-Program (DNLTD-P) scorecard.
This is an extraordinary leap given Kitui county was position 30 nationally the previous year.
Among the aspects examined during the ranking are TB surveillance, data accuracy and overall quality of care.
Recently, the Kitui county government carried out a comprehensive digitisation training on TB reporting in order to improve accuracy and enhance timeliness in TB surveillance across all hospitals. This includes strengthening real-time data entry.
The county suffered negative publicity when misleading reports emerged in October this year claiming that TB patients were being placed in the same wards as non-TB patients at the Kitui County Referral Hospital. Chief Officer for Public Health and Sanitation Lynn Kitwan strongly refuted the September allegations.
"The claim that TB patients were being placed in the same wards with non-TB patients at KCRH in October is completely false. The hospital observes strict infection prevention and control protocols, ensuring the infectious TB cases are isolated appropriately and never mixed with general ward patients".
To improve TB detection efforts at the local levels, the county installed an X-ray machine at Kanyangi Sub County Hospital and digital TB X-ray machines in Zombe and Kyuso hospitals to significantly enhance TB screening, diagnosis and treatment.
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