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After U.S. cuts anti-HIV funds, Kenya’s health staff work without pay

Kenya health worker

By Victoria Amunga KISUMU, Kenya — On a hot Tuesday afternoon, 52-year-old Paul Ochieng sits in a consultation room at Ogongosa health center on the outskirts of Kenya’s Kisumu city. He is not there for his own appointment; he has accompanied one of his teenage clients after completing morning home visits. But unlike years past, Ochieng will return home without pay for the …

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Kenyan LGBTQ+ safe houses ‘overwhelmed’ as cuts hit refugee camps

REFUGEE cadrrying food -kakuma Baz Ratner Reuters

Nairobi’s queer safe houses are pushed to the brink as LGBTQ+ refugees flee hunger in Kakuma camp hit by aid cuts. Food rations at refugee camps were cut after funding was slashed. LGBTQ+ refugees have fled Kakuma Camp because of hunger and abuse. Nairobi safe houses have been unable to cope with the number of arrivals NAIROBI – Terry Namalo, …

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