Job crisis looms as US slashes funding to HIV

A civil society organisation takes part in a HIV campaign. [PHOTO: FILE /STANDARD]

Kenya: Thousands of jobs are at stake after the US Government implemented massive funding cuts to civil organisations in the health sector, especially those involved in the fight against HIV and Aids.

Already, hundreds of employees have lost their jobs because of budgetary cuts by the US President's Emergency Plan For Aids Relief (PEPFAR), which contributes about 90 per cent of the country's Aids funding, and the number is rising as many more groups shut down.