Reports

Situation Overview Rains were received in the entire district during the month under review Pasture quality and quantities continued to improve mainly Banissa & Dandu divisions. All major earth pans have impounded water. The main sources of water during the month were major…

Kenya World Health Organization receives new WHO Representative The new World Health Organization Representative of Kenya, Dr. David Okello has assumed duty. He takes over from the former WR, Dr. Peter Eriki who has been reassigned to Nigeria. During his farewell…

SITUATION OVERVIEW Dry weather and windy conditions prevailed for most part of October. The north eastern parts of Lokitaung and lower rangelands extending down to the Kalapata plains received scanty and scattered showers in the month under-review whereas the entire…

Situation Overview. Most areas of the district reported to have received some rains during the 3rd dekad of the month. This is also being predicted as the beginning of the short rains. The water situation has slightly improved in those areas…

Situation Overview Stability Short rains set in characterized by heavy downpour and fair distribution. The rains are expected to reverse already biting drought stress both in the plateau and lowlands. Despite deteriorated forage conditions, ongoing rains are expected to…

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 the short rains season brings the most destructive floods in several years to parts of northern Kenya, rural communities continue to feel the severe impact of the drought. CAFOD's partners are responding to the immediate needs of those whose…

By Sabine Dolan NEW YORK AND NAIROBI, Kenya, 26 October 2006 - As the escalating conflict in Somalia triggers an influx of refugees into neighbouring Kenya, a child living in a camp along the border has been diagnosed with polio…

by Anthony Mwangi and Peter Outa, Kenya Red Cross Malaria is a life-threatening parasitic disease that accounts for one in five of all childhood deaths in Africa. In Kenya, malaria affects 20 million people every year and about 170 million working…

By DAGI KIMANI , Special Correspondent The spectre of cross-border epidemics loomed large over East Africa last week, with the confirmation of the first case of polio in Kenya in 22 years. The case involved a three-year Somali girl in the…