12 of 47 counties report complete stockouts of polio and measles vaccines, as of June 2025. These shortages threaten to undermine the current national vaccine coverage levels, which stand at approximately 90% for TB and over 80% for polio and other essential vaccines. Without urgent intervention, Kenya risks losing decades of progress in childhood survival.

Date: 7/25

Region: Africa

Country: Kenya

Topic: Health

Policy Lens: Global Health Security

Additional Context: Between May and June 2025, Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) conducted a rapid qualitative assessment to understand how the U.S. cuts to global health funding have affected the availability, accessibility, acceptability, and quality of health care and services in Kenya. As part of this research, PHR engaged 30 respondents from 10 counties across Kenya through interviews, anonymous surveys, and WhatsApp communications to capture data to understand the impact of the global health funding cuts in Kenya. Respondents included clinicians, nurses, peer educators, survivor advocates, and community-based organizations/NGO staff.

This information was first published in a July 2025 research brief by Physicians for Human Rights entitled "The System is Folding in on Itself: The Impact of U.S. Global Health Funding Cuts in Kenya." Explore the full report here.

Source: Physicians for Human Rights