Country's ARVs stock can only last for six months

Khatru Ali (L), a board member with National Syndemic Diseases Control Council has a word with the Council CEO Ruth Masha on 27/2/25 during a stakeholders meeting in Lake Naivasha Resort. [Antony Gitonga, Standard]

Kenya's Antiretroviral (ARVs) stock can last for six months only following the move by USAID to freeze funding in the health sector according to the National Syndemic Diseases Control Council (NSDCC).

The move has caused anxiety among hundreds of patients living with HIV/AIDS, leading to a rush to restock their ARV supplies, raising fears of a shortage of the drugs in the coming days.