Guest Column - In the west of Kenya, near the shores of Lake Victoria, where I come from, a tuberculosis outbreak is no different from one that takes place anywhere else in the world. A few dozen people get sick,

Kenya’s target is to reduce mother-to-child HIV transmission below 5%, yet some counties, like Kakamega, still report rates as high as 10-14%. The situation is dire. Dr. Joseph Maina, a research scientist at the Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI), explains why these particular medications are so critical.

The Trump administration announced last week that it was cancelling nearly 10,000 foreign aid grants and contracts worth almost $60 billion US, ending about 90 per cent of USAID's global work. In Kenya,

NGOs warn that at least two million people worldwide will be affected by the cancellation of US grants. In Kenya, access to HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis and community-led surveillance programmes

Some lifesaving health projects that had their U.S. funding contracts abruptly terminated last week have received letters reversing that decision, two sources familiar with the projects and one of the groups told Reuters.

Stigma forces many LGBTQ+ Kenyans to avoid healthcare * Grassroots groups serve vulnerable communities * Confusion over U.S. AIDS funding may impact outreach By Peter Ongera NAIROBI, March 5 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Maria Okumu,

Kibera, one of Nairobi’s largest informal settlements, has long struggled with access to basic healthcare and education. For the last year, 16-year-old Mary

Kenya will run out of US-bought HIV medicines and laboratory supplies from May 2025, a government assessment indicates. The evaluation indicates Kenya’s stock of Tenofovir/Lamivudine/Dolutegravir (TLD),

Cuts to HIV/AIDS funding could threaten the 40 years of work that has gone into ending the AIDS epidemic — potentially putting the lives of millions of people at risk.

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Glenda Gray, program director of a research consortium, talked with STAT about the impact of the funding freeze on an HIV vaccine trial and other HIV-related research in Africa.

Kenya has one of the highest rates of HIV in the world, ranking 11th with a prevalence of 3.7 per cent in 2022, according to the World Health Organization. About 1.4 million Kenyans are HIV ...