USAID Stories
According to the UNHCR data, the Dadaab camps currently host approximately 500,000 registered refugees and asylum seekers.
The leaders particularly call for increased awareness campaigns aimed at educating the public on the dire consequences of preventable diseases.
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...
Experts have warned that the cuts - including the cancellation of more than 90% of USAID's contracts - could cost millions of lives in the coming year...
Even before the aid cuts led by the United States, things were backsliding in some countries, and progress has slowed globally since 2016, the report...
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.
About half of Sudan's population of 50 million now suffer some degree of acute hunger, and famine has taken hold in at least five areas, including sev...
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...
Global aid groups have said the U.S. retreat endangers the lives of millions of the world's most vulnerable people including those facing deadly disea...
At the beginning of February, U.S. President Donald Trump announced the closure of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), which in 202...
In Kenya, where over 600,000 individuals were relying on the support, the effects will be devastating, with those most vulnerable now facing a deepeni...
The freeze has also affected about 41,000 workers, mainly in the health sector, with counties struggling to absorb them.
Trump in January ordered a 90-day pause in all foreign development assistance pending assessment of its consistency with his "America First" foreign p...
Beyond disease programmes, the USAID funding freeze has disrupted healthcare staffing, leading to the loss of 11,058 frontline workers.
In Kenya, Fews Net worked with the National Drought Management Agency and the Kenya Food Security Steering Group to develop regular outlook reports at...
The Disaster Assistance Response Teams (DARTs) involve highly trained staff who specialise in mobilising within 24 to 48 hours of a disaster to lead t...
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...
President Trump moved to freeze international aid while undertaking a 90-day review hours after taking office last month.
Trump in a post on Truth Social on Friday accused USAID - without evidence - of corruption and spending money fraudulently.
The executive order lists several grievances, accusing Pretoria of policies that Washington deems harmful to US interests.
His remarks come as diplomatic and humanitarian circles express growing concern over the ramifications of this policy shift.
The lawsuit alleges that dissolving USAID, which was established as an independent agency in a 1998 law passed by Congress, is beyond Trump's authorit...
With potential shifts in US aid strategies, Kenya needs to prepare for possible reductions or redirection of donor contributions.
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.
