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Ailing NHIF, dwindling donor support leave Kenya's health sector on deathbed

Apollos Opiyo, 26, at Homa Bay County Referral Hospital. Opiyo fears losing his left hand after a handcuff got stuck in his wrist. [James Omoro, Standard]

Alice is full of life. The 45-year-old is all smiles as she steps out of a hospital in Gilgil, Nakutru County, after collecting her antiviral drugs (ARVs).

The mother of four contracted HIV in 2003. At the time, treatment for the disease was only affordable to a few.

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