Health funding falls 7pc amid America's WHO withdrawal

Finance and policy expert Dr Julius Muia (left) with the Institute of Public Finance Chief Executive James Muraguri during the launch of the IPF 2025 Macro-Fiscal Analytical Report in Nairobi. [Wilberforce Okwiri, Standard]

Many Kenyans are one hospital bill away from poverty, according to a new report, and this may get worse in the coming days in the wake of funding gaps following the US withdrawal from the World Health Organisation (WHO).

The withdrawal is expected to affect some of the Kenyan government's health programmes, including the provision of antiretroviral (ARVs).