Reports

Nairobi, January 28, 1998 -- Heavy rains caused by El Niño have exacerbated outbreaks of Rift Valley fever, cholera and malaria in Kenya's northeastern, eastern, central, coastal and Rift Valley provinces, as well as in southern Somalia, according to…

Press Release WHO/13 Rift Valley Fever (RVF) is widely distributed in Kenya and Somalia, primarily in animals but also in humans, World Health Organization (WHO) officials investigating the disease outbreak in the two countries say. The estimated number of deaths…

Weekly News With efforts to contain Rift Valley Fever severely hampered by limited logistical resources, the disease continues to spread. It has claimed more than 450 lives in Kenya's flood-stricken North Eastern Province and in southern Somalia. Medical personnel also…

DAILY HIGHLIGHTS The United Nations food agency is unable to truck supplies to key flood-affected regions of Kenya, according to a new situation report of the United Nations Department of Humanitarian Affairs (DHA). Torrential rains have damaged Kenya's infrastructure, severing road links…

DHAGVA - 98/0142 Present Situation 1. Much of Kenya has received extraordinarily heavy rain since 10 January. Many locations have received several times their long term mean for January. This is exacerbating the situation in many districts, including Tana River, Garissa,…

The Disaster In mid-December reports of an outbreak of a fatal, hemorrhagic fever were received from Garissa and Wajir Districts of North-eastern Province (NEP) in Kenya and from seven villages in southern Somalia. Initial case reports described clinical signs of…

An outbreak similar to that reported in north-eastern Kenya has been reported in Somalia in the flooded area delimited by the towns of Belet Weyne and Johar on the Shabelle River. Four of 13 blood samples from suspected cases…

PR 98/3 Rome, January 15 -- A serious outbreak of Rift Valley Fever in parts of northeastern Kenya and adjacent areas of Somalia constitutes an international emergency, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) warned today. The mosquito-borne disease is reported to have…

Floods have mostly affected northern and eastern areas of the country, including Wajir where Oxfam's large relief food distribution programme had almost been completed . Oxfam is assessing needs in the most affected zones. There has been severe damage…

Kenya Flood Relief & Rehabilitation - AFKE81 Appeal Target : US$ 239,020 Dear Colleagues, Kenya has experienced exceptionally heavy rains these past several weeks. Reported to be the most intense in 40 years, the rains have caused serious flooding…