Declaring cancer a national disaster unnecessary, says Health CS James Macharia

Health Cabinet Secretary James Macharia said that even though cancer has not been declared as a national disaster, the government is already treating it as so. (Photo: File/Standard)

Nairobi, Kenya: Increasing calls to declare cancer, one of the top killers in the country, as a national disaster have been brushed aside by the government as unnecessary.

Health Cabinet Secretary James Macharia said Sunday that even though the killer disease has not been declared as a national disaster, the government has been putting massive effort to fight it.