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Shrinking donor funding, vaccine shortages expose Kenya's struggles

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A child being vaccinated. There is a biting vaccine shortage across the country. [iStockphoto]

Tabitha Onyango is worried about the health of her newborn baby.

Born on March 25 at the Mlaleo Health Centre in Mombasa, the infant is yet to receive the polio jab that is out of stock countrywide.

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