Tanzania and Kenya face big cuts in US anti-Aids funding

What you need to know:

  • The President's Emergency Programme for Aids Relief (Pepfar), a US initiative launched in 2003, plans to reduce spending for Kenya from 2018's level of $505 million to $395 million in 2020.
  • For Tanzania, Pepfar funding is set to drop from $512 million to $395 million.
  • Lagging completion of a nationwide survey of HIV prevalence appears to be the main reason for reduced US support for Kenya's Aids-control programmes.

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