Nairobi, Feb. 8 -- Hospitals in Kenya risk a shortage of essential medicines following funding cuts by the United States government, pushing millions of patients to the brink, according to a review by the University of Nairobi.

An analysis by the University of Nairobi's Centre for Epidemiological Modelling (CEMA) shows the country is facing a critical shortage of essential medicines worth Sh34.7 billion, a gap that threatens to leave hospitals without key commodities.

"For commodities, the funding gap across HIV, TB, malaria, vaccines and nutrition is estimated at Sh34.7 billion in the financial year 2025/26, excluding the overfunded Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn and Child Health (RMNCH) programme," the centre said in its assessment r...