Kenya has increased funding for disease preparedness to strengthen surveillance, labs and border systems for faster outbreak detection and response.
By
Linet Owoko
Correspondent
Nation Media Group
The Treasury has allocated Sh700 million to Kenya’s Health Emergency Preparedness, Response and Resilience Programme in the 2026/27 financial year, marking a 250 percent increase from the previous year and one of the steepest single-year funding increases, as the country registered a recent wave of disease outbreaks.
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