Kenya: Six-Month Standoff on ARVs Ends After Deal Struck

The government has abandoned the demand that it should be the only one to distribute a Sh2.1 billion consignment of HIV drugs donated by the US, ending a six-month standoff on distribution of the anti-retroviral drugs.

However, the governments of Kenya and the United States of America have reached a compromise that the consignment stuck at the Port of Mombasa will be distributed by Mission for Essential Drugs and Supplies (Meds). The government had insisted that only the Kenya

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