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Health CS Aden Duale vehemently denies claims that Kenya exports donated human blood, warning of arrests for spreading dangerous misinformation. The stakes are staggering.
Health Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale has vehemently dismissed sensational allegations claiming that the Kenyan government is exporting donated human blood to international markets. Warning of severe legal repercussions for purveyors of misinformation, the minister clarified that all blood collected through the national transfusion network is strictly ring-fenced for domestic medical use.
The controversy threatens to irreparably damage public trust in the national blood donation system at a critical moment. Kenya faces chronic blood shortages, and any rumors suggesting that citizens’ altruistic donations are being sold abroad for profit could catastrophically depress already fragile donation numbers.
The panic originated from a gross misinterpretation of global trade data. Certain reports surfaced citing export metrics under the international customs classification for “human and animal blood.” CS Duale forcefully clarified that this broad tariff category covers a wide array of specialized pharmaceutical and laboratory products, not bags of whole human blood intended for transfusions.
Items exported under this specific classification include vaccines, antisera, toxins, microbial cultures, and highly refined blood-derived derivatives utilized strictly for research and...
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