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Current News Malaria kills 72 children a day: Malaria is the leading cause of death among children in Kenya, according to findings presented during an inter-country workshop on community-based malaria interventions on Monday. The disease kills 26,000 Kenyan children a year,…

Tearfund has launched an emergency feeding programme for children in the driest areas of northern Kenya. Thanks to the generosity of Tearfund supporters, responding to an appeal for the Horn of Africa, 4,500 malnourished children will get immediate help…

KENYA: Malaria kills 72 children a day Malaria is the leading cause of death among children in Kenya, according to findings presented during an inter-country workshop on community-based malaria interventions on Monday. Participants were told that the disease kills 26,000…

Background At the beginning of June the Government of Kenya launched its second appeal for global humanitarian aid. The current situation has been declared a 'national disaster'. With a majority of Kenya's power coming from Hydro-Electric-Power schemes the drought continues to…

The Government of Kenya has declared a national disaster in 19 districts due to the drought. An estimated 3.3 million people are at risk of starvation. Over a million children and 430,000 pregnant and lactating women are in urgent…

Summary The long-rains season has concluded in the severely drought-affected pastoral, agropastoral and marginal agricultural areas. Although rainfall was fairly heavy during May and June in the western areas of the country, the 2000 long-rains season was…

Kenya is suffering from "the worst drought in living memory". For the fourth successive season the rains have failed, and the greatest impact is being felt in the remote and traditionally arid areas of the North. The population of Marsabit…

A group of humanitarian and development agencies have criticised the international community for its slow response to the drought crisis, as more than three million people are facing starvation. Food shortages are becoming desperate and they urge governments and…

KENYA: Fuel stand-off hurting Great Lakes region An acute shortage of premium fuel has hit the Great Lakes region following a stand-off between transporters and the Kenya Pipeline Company (KPC) in the western Kenyan town of Eldoret. Transporters and their drivers…

At a glance KEY ISSUES AFFECTING CHILDREN in some districts at least 4% of under 5s are severely malnourished; the situation is expected to deteriorate over coming months only 20% of children are immunised against measles; outbreaks are likely as food shortages…