By AGGREY OMBOKIMore by this AuthorEssential health services in Kenya and Uganda could suffer following the Donald Trump administration’s restrictions on funding, the Human Rights Watch has warned. HRW women’s rights emergencies researcher Skye Wheeler said the Trump administration’s decision would restrict aid to essential health services in Kenya and Uganda. These agencies conduct outreach programmes to marginalised populations, advocate improved health policies and provide reproductive and HIV/Aids health services. Kenya and Uganda are heavily dependent on US health funds to combat high maternal mortality rates and HIV/Aids. US global health funds pay for anti-retroviral treatment for 890,000 Ugandans, about 93 per cent on HIV treatment in the country.

Source: Daily Nation October 26, 2017 20:26 UTC