PEPFAR Stories
Since returning to office, Trump has intensified efforts to cut government spending, with the rescission bill aiming to roll back billions in previous...
Gathungu is advocating for amendments to the Public Finance Management (PFM) Act to introduce penalties, arguing that such measures would promote fisc...
Trachoma primarily affects the poorest and most underserved populations, particularly in rural areas with limited access to clean water, sanitation, a...
Dillard said the embassy had realigned its programmes with Washington’s core foreign policy objectives, focusing on life-saving assistance.
The fund, which has 137 staff members, was praised for having 54.1 per cent women but criticised for employing only 1.46 per cent persons with disabil...
Ssemujju's announcement was met by celebration from PFP members in attendance, though he did not explain how Besigye would make the address given his...
Deepfakes, cheap fakes, and fake news are increasingly being used as easily and cheaply produced tools of deception, leaving vulnerable citizens shock...
KURA stated that the directive is in line with a presidential order and supports ongoing public finance management reforms aimed at digitising and str...
The allocation for Global Fund-supported programmes has been slashed from Sh28.7 billion in the current financial year ending June 30 to Sh17.3 billio...
While the Zambian government has reportedly planned a state funeral and chosen official mourning venues, Lungu's family and his party, the Patriotic F...
Tanzania has been a huge benefactor of foreign ARV aid in the past, particularly from the US President's Emergency Plan for Aids Relief (PEPFAR).
Mbadi decried the persistent non-remittance of pension dues by counties, terming it a significant challenge to the viability of public pension systems...
The counsellors who used to do rapid diagnostic HIV tests are also gone, and pregnant women are no longer being put on preventative HIV drugs (PrEP) b...
The impact goes beyond healthcare, with experts now warning that the cuts will significantly affect youth development, a critical yet often overlooked...
The agency notes that sharp decline has already led to the closure of essential services, the collapse of community health systems, and the reversal o...
Dr Kamau advocates for shower slippers, non-slip, water-resistant footwear designed to protect your feet from both infections and physical injuries.
Coventry shows how sport can temporarily transcend racial divides and how politics reframes those divides. Her whiteness was palatable only because it...
The funding comes at a crucial time when many of these organisations faced the threat of halting services due to a prolonged freeze in US support.
Mnangagwa, who took charge after a military coup that ousted longtime ruler Robert Mugabe in 2017, is facing growing dissent within his ZANU-PF party,...
The supplies will be distributed through a partnership with the Mission for Essential Drugs and Supplies, ensuring their efficient delivery to those i...
The ministry argues that the move aims to integrate HIV-related health records into Kenya’s digital health superhighway, ensuring data accessibility a...
The revelation underscores the cash flow pressures the government faced leading up to the 2024 tax proposals that triggered countrywide protests.
Additionally, Sh2.5 billion is needed to secure GAVI vaccines, in light of disruptions caused by the U.S. aid freeze.
In 2021-2022, approximately 63.5 per cent of the country's HIV programme funding came from foreign sources, with PEPFAR being the largest contributor.
With Kenyan civil societies calling for increased domestic funding to ensure essential health services continue uninterrupted, the government now fac...
Kenya currently relies on approximately 41,500 health workers providing HIV care across all 47 counties, with around 9,500 of them supported by grants...
Trump’s Stop-Work Order, signed last month, has temporarily suspended all US foreign assistance programmes for 90 days pending a policy review. The mo...
Over the past five years, the health sector has consistently received the largest share of US assistance, amounting to Sh1.89 billion.
The Ministry of Health is gradually increasing domestic healthcare financing to ensure uninterrupted access to these life-saving services, even as don...
PEPFAR provides direct support to more than 20 million people living with HIV including Kenya, representing two-thirds of those receiving treatment gl...
