Kenya gets Sh20.7b to fight Aids, malaria

Kenya has received a grant of Sh20.7 billion ($238 million) from the Global Fund to fight HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. The funds will be used to support the fight against HIV/Aids. Activities to be covered by the grant include provision of anti-retroviral drugs, CD4 reagents, condoms and nutrition supplements.

The funds will also be utilised in provision of nutrition assessments and equipment, cotrimoxazole and HIV/AIDS test kits. The funds will also support the training of service providers and health workers and voluntary male circumcision. “We welcome this funding that is supporting our objective to scale up the number of people under anti-retroviral therapy,” Treasury Cabinet Secretary Henry Rotich told a media briefing in Nairobi yesterday. “We will continue our efforts to reduce HIV prevalence in the country.”