US funding cuts leave Kenya with Sh35bn medicine gap

A section of staff at the Kenya Medical Supplies Authority  Embakasi Depot, Nairobi County in this picture on Thursday, May 18, 2023.

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Hospitals in Kenya risk a shortage of essential medicines following funding cuts by the United States government, pushing millions of patients to the brink, according to a review by the University of Nairobi.

An analysis by the University of Nairobi’s Centre for Epidemiological Modelling (CEMA) shows the country is facing a critical shortage of essential medicines worth Sh34.7 billion, a gap that threatens to leave hospitals without key commodities.

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