Reports

Implementation of the 90 days plan Surveillance Aflatoxin By end of April 49 cases of aflatoxicosis with 23 deaths had been reported in 3 districts of Eastern province. The districts were supported by the MOH through Disease Outbreak Management Unit (DOMU) and…

By Anthony Mwangi, Kenya Red Cross Society Lucy Mutua brought her child to be immunized at a Kibera health centre in Nairobi. Hundreds of other parents equally heeded a call by the Ministry of Health of the Government of…

Seasonal rains in Kenya should have brought relief to its drought-stricken regions. Instead the heavy rainfall has caused flash floods in many places. The Horn of Africa food crisis is still threatening the lives of around 15 million people across…

Tunis, 31 May 2006 - The Board of Directors of the African development Fund approved a loan of UA 22.98 million and a grant of UA 1.15 million (US$ 35 million cumulatively) to finance the Kimiraoluch smallholder farm improvement…

Situation Overview The much awaited long rains which started in April in some parts of the district, bringing relief in the intense drought condition, failed to pick up during the month under review. Only light showers were realized in some…

SITUATION OVERVIEW The district had received little amounts of rain, though most weather stations recorded below average rates. Only one functional rainfall stations recorded rainfall totalling well below its long-term averages, i.e., Lodwar MET Station recorded (1.2mm) during the month (May)…

Flash floods cause more problems for those struggling to cope with drought in Kenya, while lack of resources sees tensions between tribes grow Relief efforts in Kenya are now even more vital after recent heavy rains killed off weak livestock…

Situation Overview Relatively warm and wet weather conditions prevailed across the entire District, with several pockets receiving below normal rains. The varying level of rainfall distribution and amount induced disparities between different livelihood zones. As a result some livelihood zones are…

ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATORS The sources of Water conditions in most Divisions have improved. The River daua is flowing and Agro-farmers planted their fields for subsistence and fodder productions. Rainfall received was scanty and below normal in the entire district. The pastures both quality &…

In conference rooms and in academic papers, the experts call it "pervasive pre-famine conditions". In the village, squatting on his brick-sized wooden stool in the red dirt of East Africa, Lokuwam Lokitalauk calls it a death sentence. His curses…