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US aid freeze puts HIV-positive orphans in Kenya at risk as medical supplies dwindle

US aid freeze puts HIV-positive orphans in Kenya at risk as medical supplies dwindle


Nairobi, Kenya
AP
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Two-year-old Evans was brought to the Nyumbani Children’s Home in Nairobi, Kenya a year ago, suffering from HIV and tuberculosis. With no family to care for him, Evans was referred to the orphanage by a health center after he stopped responding to medical treatment.

Nyumbani Children’s Home is the reason Evans is still alive. But political decisions made thousands of miles (kilometers) away might spell the end of his short life. Nyumbani provides him and around 100 other children with antiretroviral medication, which they have been receiving from the US Agency for International Development (USAID) through the Kenyan government.

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