AMREF - Responding to crisis: Lessons from Kenya’s silent emergency

Source: African Medical and Research Foundation (AMREF)
Date: 06 Jun 2008

Responding to crisis: Lessons from Kenya’s silent emergency

AMREF’s Deputy-Director General, Dr Florence Muli-Musiime has warned that emergency institutions, both local and international, risk misdirecting their humanitarian crisis response if they are not sensitive to community dynamics that are not always visible in times of upheaval. In [...]

Cholera in Nyanza: Kenya Red Cross intervenes

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, [...]