Cuts to foreign aid have resulted in the removal of adherence counselors and peer educators, leaving newly enrolled patients without vital treatment literacy. Many clients now do not receive viral load testing, adherence counselling, HIV testing, and psychosocial support necessary for treatment adherence.

Date: 10/25

Region: Africa

Country: Kenya

Topic: Health

Policy Lens: Global Health Security

Additional Context: As a result of U.S. aid cuts, healthcare clinics have also drastically reduced staff and patients have exceptionally long wait times. One documented case shows that four clinicians were reduced to one clinician and one nurse. Patients have reported all-day wait times when these services would previously have been provided within one hour.

Source: Maurine Murenga, HIV expert