Kenya HIV patients live in fear as US aid freeze strand drugs in warehouse


Alice Okwirry, 50, a widow living with HIV/AIDS, sits inside her house in Kianda village within Kibera district of Nairobi, Kenya February 28, 2025. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya

NAIROBI (Reuters) -The health clinic where Alice Okwirry collects her HIV medication in Kenya's capital Nairobi has been rationing supplies of antiretrovirals to one-month refills since the U.S. government froze foreign aid.

On the outskirts of the city, meanwhile, millions of life-saving doses sit on the shelves of a warehouse, unused and unreachable.

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