US government to Scale Up support for Kenyan Health Programmes, Nyeri model to guide national rollout

Nyeri County Referral Hospital [File, Standard]

The U.S. government will continue supporting ongoing health programmes under PEPFAR while using the success of Nyeri County Referral Hospital to guide the national rollout of the $2.5 billion (Sh322.38 billion) U.S.–Kenya health agreement, of which $1.6 billion (Sh206.32 billion) will come from the United States.

Speaking during her tour of the hospital this week, U.S. Ambassador to Kenya, Susan M. Burns, said the facility’s HIV/AIDS response model has shown how direct government-to-government funding can deliver results, and that lessons learned at Nyeri could be expanded to other counties across the country.