PBS News Hour, Pulitzer Center – CFK Africa’s Jeffrey Okoro Interviewed on Impact of USAID Cuts to HIV treatment in Kenya
June 13, 2025
“The consequences are felt right now across the country and even across Africa.”
“The consequences are felt right now across the country and even across Africa.”
“For patients, uncertainty is poison.”
Spotlight on Africa reached out to three experts involved in rethinking the future of aid, including CFK Africa Executive Director Jeffrey Okoro.
“I’m head of an NGO in Kenya. The shutoff of USAID support has been devastating.”
“There are a lot of good things happening around decolonizing aid and localization, and that is something that CFK Africa is engaging in.”
“The fear is real” said CFK Africa Executive Director, Jeffrey Okoro.
The health workers advocate for localisation, local financing and even “changing the look around all the challenges that exist in these communities”, Okoro told RFI.
“Officials with CFK Africa noted that the sudden drop in funding has upended Kenya’s health care system, which was supported directly and indirectly through USAID in several ways.”
“There is a lot of misunderstanding on what aid or development work is. To me, it restores dignity, brings out the best in humanity, and lessens suffering, and I think that is missed from a lot of the current news stories on the pullback of aid,” said CFK Africa Executive Director Jeffrey Okoro.
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