Workers with CFK Africa, an international nonprofit organisation empowering youth in informal settlements across Kenya through public health and youth leadership programmes, have reported severe impacts on the communities they serve following the abrupt withdrawal of support from the US Agency for International Development (USAID).
After the federal government froze USAID spending in January, tens of thousands of Kenyans received notification that they would be laid off as a result of the end of US grants, disrupting long-standing efforts to stop the spread of diseases such as tuberculosis and HIV.
“Some patients are now coming into our healthcare clinics asking us if they are going to die,” CFK Africa programme lead for clinical services Eddah Ogogo said. “They are asking for longer refills for prescription drugs and making plans for what might happen if they cannot continue to get care.”
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