Rapports

Drought Situation & EW Phase Classification Drought Phase: Normal- Stable Biophysical Indicators • The county received moderate to heavy rains during the month under review. • The Vegetation greenness as depicted by the VCI was normal. • The water levels in…

Mike English, Jacquie Oliwa, Karima Khalid, Onesmus Onyango, Tamara Mulenga Willows, Rosanna Mazhar, Elibariki Mkumbo, Lorna Guinness, Carl Otto Schell, Tim Baker, Jacob McKnight Correspondence to Professor Mike English; mike.english@ndm.ox.ac.uk Abstract Care for the critically ill patients is often…

1 BACKGROUND AND RATIONALE The Horn of Africa (HoA) region comprising countries like Ethiopia, South Sudan, Kenya, Uganda, Eritrea, Djibouti, Republic of Sudan, and Somalia spans an impressive 5.2 million square kilometres. Strikingly, 60-70% of this vast…

Recent data indicates that the number of refugees and asylum seekers in the Dadaab and Kakuma internally displaced persons (IDPs) camps has increased by 96,000 and 50,000 respectively. The total now stands at over 500,000, with…

Drought Situation & EW Phase Classification Biophysical Indicators Rainfall: Torrential rainfall amounts of 14 to 22 rainy days have been recorded in the Southern, Western and Northern parts of the County. Saku, North Horr, Northern parts of Moyale and…

Drought Situation & EW Phase Classification Biophysical Indicators • The County received above normal rainfall during the month under review, characterized by good temporal distribution and even spatial spread. • Pasture and browse conditions are generally good to fair…

Drought Situation & EW Phase Classification Biophysical Indicators ▪ Rainfall: Most parts of the county experienced wet weather condition during the month. Onset of the seasonal rains was realized on the second week of October. ▪ Vegetation: The vegetation Condition…

Drought Situation Overview The impacts of the October to December 2023 short rains season, which is characterised by El Nino phenomenon, has been realised in all Arid and Semi-Arid counties. Twenty (20) counties reported Normal drought phase in October.…

Description of the Event Approximate date of impact Kenya was at risk for Viral hemorrhagic fevers (VHF) after successive outbreaks declaration in Neighboring countries. The EVD declaration in Uganda on 20 September 2022 and the Marburg outbreak…

SITUATIONAL ANALYSIS The El Niño season began in June 2023 and is expected to continue until at least February 2024. Kenya is in one of the regions where flooding has historically been higher during this climatic phenomenon…