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Leading With Care: Update on HIV Programming 3/19/25

Over the last few months, while faced with unprecedented challenges, continuity of care for our patients living with HIV and the most vulnerable Kenyans has been our primary concern.    

The President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), administered by USAID, is a tremendous success story of how we can work together to solve tough problems.  In Kenya, where over 1.4 million people live with HIV, PEPFAR’s support has reduced new infections by 78% and AIDS-related deaths by 57%.   

The situation continues to evolve in a positive direction, though challenges remain. Here is what we know:  

  • Currently, 127,000+ people living with HIV in Kenya receive care from AMPATH partners through PEPFAR.  

  • AMPATH recently received notices that the PEPFAR-supported programs could resume work.  Most care and treatment programs have resumed. Patients should complete their scheduled visits. 

  • Payment mechanisms appear to be functioning again and some funding has been received .

  • The NGO contracted to procure and distribute HIV medications in Kenya has also received funding and has resumed operation. 

  • AMPATH leaders are working to identify the most critical needs and to design and implement models that integrate HIV care into Government of Kenya-supported primary care and chronic disease care structures.  

  • Philanthropic support  provides critical and immediate funds to extend care and workforce efforts.  

A targeted goal of $5 million in 2025 will fuel efforts to redesign care delivery by incorporating HIV care into sustainable, government primary care systems. Your investment will aid in this effort and you will help fill remaining funding gaps for parts of the program for which funding has not been received or not expected to receive continued support from the U.S. Government. These include gender-based violence programs, some programs for orphans and vulnerable children and the DREAMS program for adolescent girls and young women.   

Your donation to the AMPATH Emergency Response Fund will be doubled by generous anonymous donors up to $200,000.

Read more about the people and programs that are part of AMPATH’s successful HIV care and treatment program made possible by support from the American People through PEPFAR and USAID: