As the architecture of global HIV financing quietly contracts, Kenya faces a defining question that many nations will soon confront: whether the gains of a generation can be preserved when the external will to pay for them fades. Driven by an 18 percent cut in Global Fund support and a record decline in donor assistance, Kenya is weaving its HIV response into the fabric of primary healthcare — not as a triumph of vision, but as an act of survival. The country's hard-won achievements, 91 percent treatment coverage and near-universal viral suppression, now rest on whether integration can honor t
Kenya integrates HIV care into primary health system amid donor funding cuts
Nearly half of all children living with HIV globally lack access to antiretroviral treatment, and 570,000 people died from AIDS-related illnesses in 2025.