Kenya and other African nations have been urged to urgently invest in disease prevention and prioritize healthcare needs amid a freeze on foreign aid.

Preventing diseases and outbreaks has been recognized as the most practical approach, as countries grapple with financial challenges.

Global and African health leaders made this call, stressing the need for self-sufficiency in disease prevention and increased healthcare investment to fill the gap left by donor funding cuts, following a halt ordered by former U.S.

President Donald Trump.