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\n\u00a0US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Prime CS Musalia Mudavadi participate in a Health Framework of Cooperation signing ceremony at the State Department in Washington, DC on December 4, 2025. [AFP]<\/p>\n

The High Court order halting all American-run health programmes in the country, has thrust health into looming crisis, as temporary bridge funding meant to keep services running is set to end in March 2026.<\/p>\n

Interventions for malaria, tuberculosis (TB), and HIV\/AIDS, previously supported by PEPFAR through USAID, remain uncertain amid stalled actualisation of the newly signed Sh322 billion U.S.\u2013Kenya health cooperation framework<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The PEPFAR bridge funding was part of an earlier $1.6 billion (Sh\u202f206 billion) package that the Kenyan government was set to receive from the U.S.<\/p>\n

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