This archive report was first published on 14 January 2020.
The Global Fund has pledged Sh42 billion to Kenya to combat HIV, tuberculosis, and malaria up to 2024, a significant boost in the fight against these diseases.
According to the Global Fund, the organization will also provide suggestions on how to improve programs to tackle these diseases effectively.
Experts will advise on how to prevent HIV, TB, and malaria infections, strengthen health and community systems, and address gender inequalities and barriers to improve healthcare access for all.
Outgoing Health Cabinet Secretary Sicily Kariuki has indicated that the new allocation will be 17 per cent higher than the previous allocation, a vote of confidence in the management of funds.
Kenya qualifies for extra money to address the vulnerability of teenagers and young women, with a high HIV prevalence of 1.6 million people carrying the virus in 2018.
The country has made progress in reducing HIV/AIDS deaths, from 64,000 in 2010 to 25,000 in 2018, according to the Kenya National AIDS Control Council.
However, there is still a need to focus on pediatric HIV, with 471,800 child infections occurring between 2004 and 2017, despite 132,300 child HIV infections being averted during the same period.
