Saturday, 14 July 2018

PRO/AH/EDR> Rift Valley fever - Eastern Africa (15): Kenya

Rift Valley Fever -- Kenya
More than 10 people have died following an outbreak of Rift Valley fever [RVF] in Kenya, with more than 120 cases reported countrywide. On [Thu 12 Jun 2018], international medical-humanitarian organisation Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) sent a team to Wajir County, the most affected county, to support the Kenyan Ministry of Health (MoH) in containing and managing the disease.
RVF is caused by a virus transmitted by mosquitoes and blood-feeding flies that usually affects animals (commonly

Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?5906083&promed&0

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