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Kenya grapples with reduced U.S. aid

Purity Wambui was diagnosed with tuberculosis when it was pretty far advanced. It’s possible that, had health funding from the U.S. not been reduced, the illness may have been caught in time to save her.

Ari Daniel reports.

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