What Kenya needs to do better as it braces for fourth wave of COVID-19

Doctors from the Aga Khan University in Kenya write that the country is grappling with the Covid-19 Delta variant, which recently resulted in the western part of the country being put into lockdown, and it now threatens the capital, Nairobi. They write that a major effort is needed to help hospitals test and report results quickly for optimal patient care, particularly in the public sector. There also needs to be better coordination of bed availability across counties and the country. The doctors go on to say that the vaccination programme needs to be expanded and expedited. Using local knowledge and networks is essential to prepare people and health services for a rapid vaccination scale-up.