Reports

Each week, the World Health Organization Department for Health Action in Crises in Geneva produces information highlights on the health aspects of selected humanitarian crises. Drawing on the various WHO programmes, contributions cover activities from field and country offices and…

As of 21 December 2006, the Ministry of Health, Kenya has reported 12 cases with 11 deaths of Rift Valley Fever in the northwestern province in Kenya. The areas affected are Korakora, Shanta Abak, Shell Gulliet and Shimbirey, all…

[This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations] NAIROBI, 22 December (IRIN) - An outbreak of Rift Valley Fever (RVF), a rare contagious hemorrhagic fever, has killed 11 people in Kenya's northeastern districts of Garissa and…

This Information Bulletin (no. 9/2006) reflects the information available at this time. The Situation Many parts of the country are now experiencing a little or no rainfall. However, rains continue in various areas especially in the Western parts of the country…

Appeal Target: US$ 2,544,302 Geneva, 22 December 2006 Dear Colleagues, Following the alert from ACT members in Kenya, we are issuing an appeal to respond to the floods in Kenya and Somalia. This appeal which is based on the field assessment…

The Federation's mission is to improve the lives of vulnerable people by mobilizing the power of humanity. It is the world's largest humanitarian organization and its millions of volunteers are active in over 185 countries. In Brief Appeal No. MDRKE003; Operations…

By Wangui Kanina MANDERA, Kenya, Dec 20 (Reuters) - After all her goats died in a drought that swept east Africa last year, Habiba Abdi Gedi decided to settle a few kilometres from the Darwa river along the Kenya-Ethiopia border. But…

Hon. Billow Kerrow, M.P. Mandera, Kenya, visited Islamic Relief on 14th December 2006. Mr. Kerrow thanked Islamic Relief for its aid effort throughout a drought that caused food shortages for up to 15 million people in northern Kenya in April…

Geneva_(dpa) _ Food air drops are due to start in Kenya and Somalia this week to try to reach hundreds of thousands of people still cut off by floods, said the UN World Food Programme (WFP) Tuesday. More than 900…

Flood waters in East Africa are rising much faster than funding for United Nations efforts to feed some 1.5 million people whose lives are threatened by the disaster. The Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) today voiced deep…