Informes

[This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations] NAIROBI, 28 October (IRIN) - A limited measles immunisation campaign has been launched in Nairobi following an outbreak of the disease in a suburb of the capital city,…

WASHINGTON, Oct. 21, 2005 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture today announced that it will donate 20,580 metric tons of wheat to TechnoServe, a private voluntary organization, for use in the Republic of Kenya. TechnoServe will sell the wheat in…

[This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations] NAIROBI, 18 October (IRIN) - After several seasons of poor rainfall, food availability has deteriorated among drought-affected farm households in Kenya's southeastern and coastal lowlands, as well as among…

Nairobi. The government is in the process of reviewing the Act governing NGOs operations in the country, Vice President Moody Awori has said. He said a policy paper had already been formulated and was awaiting parliament's approval to make it…

Farming households in the southeastern lowlands and pastoralists in the northeast remain under severe stressSummary Food insecurity has deteriorated among drought-affected farm households in the southeastern and coastal lowlands, as well as among pastoralists in northeastern Kenya,…

NAIROBI, 11 October, 2005 - In the face of mounting inter-ethnic violence and ongoing drought UNICEF has launched a polio vaccination campaign in Kenya to prevent the re-emergence of the disease. Over 483,000 children are expected to be immunized…

[This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations] NAIROBI, 11 October (IRIN) - Kenyan authorities have asked thousands of refugees who entered the country earlier this year after fleeing inter-clan fighting in the Somali town of Buro-ache…

Nairobi, 8 October 2005, UNICEF has urgently appealed for US$4 million to assist children in drought affected northern Kenya. More than 20,000 children are malnourished or at serious risk of malnutrition. The risk of polio has soared with cases…

Drought continues to afflict thousands of Kenya's children, leaving more than 20,000 malnourished or at serious risk of malnutrition while the risk of polio has risen sharply in drought-affected districts bordering Sudan, Ethiopia and Somalia, according to the latest update by…

UNICEF URGENTLY REQUIRES US$ 4 MILLION TO EASE THE IMPACT OF DROUGHT ON CHILDREN AND CARE-GIVERS Drought continues to afflict thousands of Kenyan children, leaving more than 20,000 malnourished or at serious risk of malnutrition. The risk of polio has risen…