Kisumu Governor Anyang Nyong'o joined President Uhuru Kenyatta's delegation on his State visit to Cuba.
Nyong'o accompanied the Head of State as part of his team together with his Marsabit counterpart Mohamud Mohamed.
According to a statement seen by Kenyans.co.ke, PSCU stated: "The President’s delegation includes Marsabit Governor Mohamud Mohamed and Kisumu Peter Anyang Nyong’o. Health being a devolved function, governors are a key factor in the delivery of the President's health agenda."
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The county bosses were present on the first day of Kenyatta's visit as he held bilateral talks focused on health, including an aggressive plan to fight malaria, with President Castro.
On Thursday, Kenyatta visited Cuba’s leading research and pharmaceutical group, Labiofam, to study how the Caribbean nation has innovated in its fight against tropical diseases and signaled that he would work closely with Cuba to replicate its success.
During the visit, he was given a detailed briefing on vector control and other measures to fight malaria, a major killer in Africa.
The Head of State further agreed that through Labiofam, Cuba would train health staff undertaking malaria programmes in Kenya so as to utilise, minimise costs and time taken to fully implement the programme.
He expressed that he expects collaboration with Cuba to significantly improve Kenya’s fight against malaria, with a sharp focus on near eradication.
In the PSCU statement, the President asserted: "The country is keen on building capacity and increasing the number of medical specialists in orthopedic surgery, oncology, neurology, trauma management, among other areas that Cuba has excelled in."
Cuba, further, promised to give impetus to an already existing health cooperation agreement, and talk to encouraging more education exchanges between Cuban and Kenyan students.
It is reported that Cuba has provided scholarships to 48 Kenyan students.
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