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Kenya: Kenyan Health Workers On Alert Over U.S. Funding for HIV/Aids Fight
Thomson Reuters Foundation, 22 January 2024
When Minne Gachau's husband died from AIDS-related complications in 2006, she was still in denial about being HIV-positive herself - too scared to confide in friends and relatives… Read more »
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Kenya: Kenya May Lose HIV/Aids Funding if U.S. Makes no Resolution on Kenyan MPs' Request
allAfrica, 1 September 2023
Kenya might stop receiving funds for HIV if a decision in the U.S. Congress is not made by the end of the month, according to Business Insider Africa. Read more »
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Africa: New Pepfar Initiative - Safe Births, Healthy Babies
State Department, 1 August 2023
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Africa: Why Is U.S. Funding for HIV/Aids Relief in Africa Under Threat?
Thomson Reuters Foundation, 29 September 2023
Vital U.S. funding from the U.S to support millions of people in Africa living with HIV/AIDS is under threat after false claims the money was being used to fund abortions Read more »
Kenyan Health Workers Worried Over U.S. Funds for HIV/Aids
In a change that has worried many beneficiaries of the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) programme, the U.S. government renewed its funding in 2023 for just one year after resistance from some Republican lawmakers, reports Daniel Kipchumba for Thomson Reuters Foundation.
Hesitating at the five-year renewal, they said the programme should ban any non-governmental organisations that receive PEPFAR funding from promoting or providing abortion services.
U.S. laws already prevent the use of such funding for abortion services.
The shorter renewal has raised concerns about the funding's longer-term future in Kenya and beyond.
The news of a reduced funding cycle has concerned those who rely on the programme, like 52-year-old street vendor Dickson Mwaniki, who has been HIV-positive for 19 years. Mwaniki's treatment has suppressed his viral load, allowing his wife to stay HIV-free.
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