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Kenya faces health crisis over Trump defunding orders for 3 killer diseases

Dr Joseph Nagi holding laproscopic equipments take doctors through a procedure at the Mt Kenya ACK hospital during a training session.[File, Standard]

Kenya risks losing progress made in eliminating three killer diseases; Malaria, HIV and tuberculosis, due to inadequate domestic funding.

This follows suspension of activities by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR).

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