US stops Sh2bn support for Kenya’s blood services

Eldoret residents donate blood during a drive in 2013. PHOTO | JARED NYATAYA | NMG

The US government will stop funding the country’s blood services next month, putting the critical amenity in a quandary as the Ministry of Health has no backup plan for the blood collection and testing.

Reliable information indicates that US President's Emergency Plan for Aids Relief or PEPFAR annual funding of Sh2 billion for blood services will run out in September.

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