In addition, Pepfar has enabled about 13 million Kenyans to be tested for HIV. In addition, Pepfar has enabled about 13 million Kenyans to be tested for HIV. These US interventions, in combination with those of the United Nations and Kenya's National Aids Control Council, may enable the country to achieve control of its Aids epidemic in the next two years. An estimated 130,000 Kenyans with Aids died in 2003, the year Pepfar was launched. “Pepfar is widely regarded as one of the most effective and efficient US foreign assistance programmes,” says Ambassador Deborah Birx, the US global Aids coordinator.

Source: Daily Nation February 11, 2018 06:00 UTC