Date: 29 Apr 2008
Clean camps improve health in Kenya
CRS continues to respond to the post-election crisis in Kenya. Recently, staff from CRS and the Catholic Diocese of Eldoret trained 18 volunteers to serve as hygiene promoters in camps in the Eldoret area of western Kenya. One volunteer, Milka Nyambura Kariuki, lives with 2,000 other displaced [...]
Source: Kenya Red Cross Society
Date: 29 Apr 2008
Cholera in Nyanza: Kenya Red Cross intervenes
Nairobi, 29th April 2008 - Nyanza region has had cholera outbreaks since last year where the first case was confirmed in Suba on 2nd December 2007. The outbreaks have been reported in 10 districts. The affected districts are Nyando, Homabay, Suba, Migori, [...]
KENYA: Floods hit thousands, including IDP camps
NAIROBI, 2 April 2008 (IRIN) - At least 6,000 people have been affected by flooding following heavy rains in the southern coastal district of Taveta, the Kenya Red Cross Society (KRCS) said.
“Three primary schools have also been closed temporarily after being submerged,” Anthony Mwangi, the KRCS Public [...]
Source: Agence France-Presse
Date: 30 Mar 2008
Cholera kills 39 in western Kenya amid fresh fears: officials
NAIROBI, March 30, 2008 (AFP) - Cholera killed at least 39 people in western Kenya in recent weeks and medical services feared a fresh outbreak, a senior health official said Sunday.
Official figures showed there had been 468 reported Cholera cases, [...]
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