HEALTHCARE

How US has cut HIV funding to Kenya

Pepfar contributes over 50 per cent of total HIV/Aids funds in Kenya every year.

In Summary

•Pepfar proposes to give Kenya $345 million (Sh39.17 billion), compared to $365 million (Sh41.44 billion) in 2021.

•Acting Pepfar boss said Kenya was already in epidemic control and therefore unnecessary spending must stop.

HIV funding to Kenya.
HIV funding to Kenya.

United States recently proposed a massive cut to its annual funding for Kenya’s HIV programmes.

The US President's Emergency Plan for Aids Relief (Pepfar) complained Kenya has become one of its biggest beneficiaries since 2003 but is doing too little to increase domestic funding to fight HIV.

This year, Pepfar said it will cut its funding to Kenya by Sh2.27 billion.

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