Abstract:

Kenya is making efforts to be ethical in handling research involving human beings and laws have been enacted to that extent. There is still room for improvement by establishing the code of ethics for public health practitioners and developing an effective curriculum for training public health officers.

The Public health officers’ professional body need to speed up the enactment of the code of ethics in order to hold the public health practitioners to account for their actions and also get protection for their well intended actions to promote good health and prevent disease.

The current ethical debate is the tetanus toxoid vaccine which is laced with HCG hormone at 1 in every four. The government has been ready to explain the reason for the presence of HCG in the vaccine.

Key Words: Public Health, Ethics, National Legislation, NACOSTA, Tetanus toxoid, HCG

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