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Nairobi_(dpa) _ A fever epidemic in north-east Kenya has killed at least 90 people, Kenyan news reports said Monday. A total of 245 people were suffering from Rift Valley Fever (RVF) after the epidemic began about a month ago when a…

As of 12 January 2007, 220 suspected cases, including 82 deaths of Rift Valley Fever virus (case-fatality ratio 37.2%) have been reported in North Eastern Province and Coast Province, Kenya. Fifty-six cases, including 12 deaths have been laboratory confirmed…

GARISSA, Kenya, Jan 12 (Reuters) The Rift Valley Fever, a virus that has killed nearly 80 people in Kenya, has spread to the Somali border town of Doble, where thousands of refugees fleeing conflict are assembled, officials said on…

[This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations] GARISSA, 11 January (IRIN) - The closure of livestock markets in Kenya's Northeastern Province after an outbreak of Rift Valley Fever (RVF) has hit livelihoods and the economy, which…

The dangers for children and their families already uprooted by the worst flood in the region for 50 years are now being severely compounded by the insecurity in Somalia. SOMALIA Since the outbreak last month of major conflict in central and…

This Information Bulletin (no. 12/2007) reflects the information available at this time. The Situation Rains continue in the country albeit with lower force than before. Most of the areas that were initially under water are now drying up…

NAIROBI, 9 Jan 2007 (IRIN) - Fighting in southern Somalia has hampered efforts to confirm a possible spread of Rift Valley Fever (RVF) from neighbouring Kenya to the Lower Juba Region where seven people have died after showing symptoms…

NAIROBI, Jan 9, 2007 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- At least 74 people have been killed in Kenya due to an outbreak of Rift Valley Fever, a highly contagious virus which has also infected hundreds more after spreading from the…

Since the beginning of the floods that affected over 723,000 people country wide, the Kenya Red Cross Society (KRCS) has been involved in a five fold intervention strategy. This entails relief assistance through evacuation, distribution of relief items to the…

The situation in Kenya continues to deteriorate, with further heavy rains displacing several thousand people from their homes in the previously unaffected west of the country. An estimated 723,000 people are already affected by the flooding, mainly in the north…