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Health allocation fails to plug US aid gap, dimming UHC ambitions

Universal Health Coverage (UHC) staffers from across the country stage a demonstration in Nairobi where they presented their petition to the Parliament on March 11, 2025. [Boniface Okendo, Standard]

The budgetary allocation for the Ministry of Health has failed to address the funding gap left by the freeze on foreign aid from the US government, which has long been a major supporter of Kenya’s healthcare system.

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