Informes

US$ 2.94 MILLION IMMEDIATELY NEEDED TO EASE IMPACT OF DROUGHT ON CHILDREN - Urgent nutrition rehabilitation to be provided for 30,000 malnourished children - 241,100 children to be vaccinated against measles - 209,360 children in at-risk areas to be vaccinated…

Nearly $3 million are needed at once to ease the impact of drought on children in Kenya, with 30,000 malnourished youngsters requiring urgent nutrition, 450,000 doses of measles and polio vaccination coming due, and 200,000 people lacking safe drinking…

HIGHLIGHTS Maize production is expected to be normal in main production areas of East Africa in the 2005/06 season. Maize supply in East Africa is expected to be tight in the second quarter of 2005, barring imports. Average wholesale…

Short-term improvements in pastoral food security hinge upon favorable long rains; yet longer term interventions remain critical The 2005 long rains (March-May) have spread to the eastern and northern pastoral districts after starting in the northwestern districts…

SUMMARY AND IMPLICATIONS The delay in the onset of the critical long-rains season is causing concern for the food security of farm households, especially in areas where consecutive poor seasons have occurred. Already, the tight domestic market…

Weekly Introduction: Update of El Niño: Synopsis: A transition from weak warm-episode El Niño conditions to El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO)-neutral conditions is expected to continue during the next three months. Sea surface temperature (SST) anomalies increased in the…

Urgent action to address inequality is required in Kenya if a future major internal conflict is to be avoided. A new report launched today in Nairobi, Kenya and at the Commission on Human Rights in Geneva, demonstrates how inequalities…

Funds Sent To: Church World Service, Kenya Amount Sent: US$ 49,978 Date: 12 April, 2005 Details of Payment Emergency: Major storms / hailstones Date of Emergency: April 2005 Requesting Partner: Church World Service, Kenya Implementing Partner: Evangelical Lutheran Church of Kenya, Anglican Church of…

NAIROBI, Apr 11, 2005 (Xinhua via COMTEX) - Typhoid in western Kenya has killed 21 people since its recent outbreak in early March, local newspaper reported Monday. Victims of the typhoid outbreak in Western province are to be given free…

[This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations] NAIROBI, 7 April (IRIN) - The Lake Victoria water and sanitation plan has great potential for the fight against poverty in the East African countries of Kenya, Tanzania…