The US Funded 40% of SA’s Data Capturers: Why Losing Them Is so Dangerous

The US funded 40% of SA’s data capturers: Why losing them is so dangerous

About 40% of the health workers who collected data in the country’s HIV hotspots either lost their jobs in February or will be jobless in September, leaving a massive knowledge gap in their wake. Experts warn not knowing what we don’t know is dangerous.

Kenya: Health Sector Faces Sh46bn Budget Crisis, Threatening UHC Hiring, HIV Services

Nairobi -- The health sector is grappling with a looming Sh46 billion budget shortfall that could disrupt critical services, including the hiring of Universal Health Coverage (UHC) workers, delivery of HIV and TB care, and supply of essential vaccines.

'Sh47M needed' to maintain HIV, vaccine schemes

Critical health programmes are facing a severe funding crisis following President Donald Trump’s freeze on foreign aid and ongoing strikes by 8,500 Universal Health Coverage (UHC) workers who received no funding in the 2025/2026 budget estimates. The National Assembly’s Health Committee told members of the Budget and Appropriation Committee that Kenya urgently needs Sh47 billion […]

HIV and long lives: new challenges for high-income countries

ILC research finds that health systems in high-income countries are underprepared for the growing number of people ageing with HIV.