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    "content": "(vi) limited access to healthcare due to long distances to health facilities. Mr. Speaker, Sir, cholera is an extremely deadly disease that affects both children and adults. If untreated and no control measures are put in place, it can kill up to 50 per cent of those infected. My Ministry has, therefore, been undertaking emergency response measures to immediately control any reported outbreaks. In the process, we have been able to contain outbreaks in 34 districts since December 2008. Eleven districts continue to report new cases of cholera. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the measures which my Ministry, together with the Ministry of Water and Irrigation, has been implementing include:- (i) provision of water tankers to the affected populations in those affected areas: The Ministry of Water and Irrigation has also sunk boreholes in needy areas to address the epidemic; on this score, Laisamis benefitted from one of the new boreholes recently; (ii) provision of chlorine tablets for the treatment of water points and also for household water; (iii) we have issued cholera alerts to all health workers and provided training on proper case management; (iv) we have pre-positioned medical supplies for case management in all of the 50 affected districts; (v) we have also enhanced hygiene and food safety practices by closing up unsanitary eating places and banning of food hawking in some areas; (vi) We have also conducted public health education aimed at behaviour change related to personal hygiene and food preparation in all the affected districts; and, (vii) We have also supported district response teams to implement the emergency response measures through provision of vehicles, fuel and deployment of additional health workers. Mr. Speaker, Sir, since January this year, my Ministry, in collaboration with stakeholders in the health sector, has spent approximately Kshs150 million to control this epidemic. We have provided over 450,000 chlorine tablets and closed over 4,000 unhygienic food premises and supplied drugs and other medical supplies worth approximately Kshs480 million."
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