Health crisis looming as donor funding taps gradually dry up

A baby receives the polio vaccine in Nairobi on July 19, 2021. [Denish Ochieng, Standard]

The incoming government will be staring at a health financing crisis as major donors gradually pull funding for malaria, HIV and Aids, reproductive health, blood services, immunisation, TB and drugs in the next five years.

For instance, immunisation programmes funded by Gavi, the vaccine alliance, will end in 2027. And the effects are already being felt with reported shortage of contraceptives, condoms, ARVs and testing kits.