10/03/2021
NCPWD TO PROVIDE SUNSCREEN LOTION FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITY (ALBINISM).
By Robert Njoya
The National Council for Persons with Disabilities (NCPWDS) has today flagged off Sunscreen Lotion to Person with albinism
at the KEMSA Warehouses in Embakasi, Nairobi.
"KEMSA a parastatal established by an Act of Parliament-the Persons with Disabilities Act No. 14 of 2003. The Act provides for the management, powers, functions and duties of the Council and for connected purposes.
The major killer among persons with albinism in Kenya is skin cancer." Added Peter Muchiri, NCPWD Chair.
This program which aims at mitigating the harmful sun rays (UVB and UVA) by providing free sunscreen lotion to all persons with albinism in the country was placed at the council in the year 2011 after the Government gave 100million for purchase of sunscreen lotions. The government has continually provided the same amount every year.
The Council has been implementing the National Persons with Albinism Sunscreen Support Programme since 2013.
Currently the program is providing sunscreen lotions to over 3,800 persons with albinism.
In this financial year, the Council has spent a total of KSH 40 million shillings on lotions for both children and adults.
Since the inception of the program, the Council has spent approximately Ksh 400million on provision of sunscreen lotions to persons with albinism.
Each person with albinism is entitled to on bottle of sunscreen lotion every month depending on the usage.
