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    "id": 90101,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/90101/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Prof. Anyang’-Nyong’o",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister for Medical Services",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 193,
        "legal_name": "Peter Anyang' Nyong'o",
        "slug": "peter-nyongo"
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, Kenya had recorded positive health indicators after Independence due to the progress that was made in the provision of health care services, but began deteriorating in the mid 1990s. One of the reasons why health services deteriorated is inefficient and ineffective Government investment in health care. Currently, trends in health indicators are, however, optimistic. Infant mortality has declined from 77 per 1,000 in 2003 to 52 per 1,000 in 2008/2009. During the same period, under five mortality rate declined from 115 per 1,000 to 74. The overall HIV prevalence rate among adults of ages 15 to 49 years has decreased slightly from 6.7 per cent in 2003 to 6.3 per cent in 2009. Kenya had relative success in scaling up access to anti-retroviral treatment. Those gains are believed to be due to improved curative service delivery, among other interventions. If these gains can be sustained, Kenya could be on track to reach the under five and infant mortality MDGs, hence the need to invest in human resources, commodities and infrastructure to improve accessibility and the quality of routine services, while sustaining targeted interventions that have demonstrated positive impact."
}